It's an undisputed fact that Hollywood makes an abundance of WWII movies. Breakthrough contains a mixture of battle scenes, conspiracy plots, and German-American allies, but overall, it doesn't really work.
Curd Jurgens once again plays Richard Burton's commanding officer, as he did eighteen years earlier in Bitter Victory. He tells Burton of his involvement in a plan to assassinate Hitler, and requests he let the Americans in on the plan as well, so that they can negotiate surrender terms. Burton meets with Robert Mitchum on the American side, and when Mitchum reports back to his boss, Rod Steiger, Steiger is less than trusting of the German informant. Who's the German informant? Oh yeah, Richard Burton. He may be a wonderful, handsome actor, but he just can't do accents.
If this plot interests you, you might want to give the movie a try, but it probably won't end up being your favorite war movie. The pacing is a little off, and it doesn't try very hard to be suspenseful.
Curd Jurgens once again plays Richard Burton's commanding officer, as he did eighteen years earlier in Bitter Victory. He tells Burton of his involvement in a plan to assassinate Hitler, and requests he let the Americans in on the plan as well, so that they can negotiate surrender terms. Burton meets with Robert Mitchum on the American side, and when Mitchum reports back to his boss, Rod Steiger, Steiger is less than trusting of the German informant. Who's the German informant? Oh yeah, Richard Burton. He may be a wonderful, handsome actor, but he just can't do accents.
If this plot interests you, you might want to give the movie a try, but it probably won't end up being your favorite war movie. The pacing is a little off, and it doesn't try very hard to be suspenseful.