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Breakthrough was mostly financed by West German producers when it was released in 1979, after several changes were made to the sequel: for instance, the action was relocated from Russia to the Western Front and Richard Burton replaced Coburn as Sgt Steiner. The film was panned by critics, who identified a confusing plot, poor dialogue, an aged ...
Throughout her career, she has acted in nearly 40 stage productions. She made her film debut with a minor role in Woody Allen's comedy-drama Annie Hall (1977), but her breakthrough came when she portrayed Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's science fiction film Alien (1979).
A Far Country (1979, TV film), as Sigmund Freud; Breakthrough (1979), as Gen. Hofmann; Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1979) (also known as Teheran Incident and Cruise Missile), as Baron Marchant; Goldengirl (1979), as Dr. Serafin; La lunga strada senza polvere (1979), Cameo (uncredited) La Gueule de l'autre (1979), as Wilfrid
The film Breakthrough, which was mostly financed by West German producers, was released in 1979. It was made by Anglo-American director Andrew McLaglen who, like Peckinpah, was known for Westerns. Several changes were made to the sequel.
Véronique Vendell (born Véronique Duraffourd, 21 July 1942) is a French actress.She appeared mainly in French and German productions, but had roles in both Peter Glenville's Becket and Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron and its sequel Breakthrough.
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): Apocalypse Now , directed by Francis Ford Coppola , United States The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
McLaglen said the film " was a whole new start for my career". [3] It was a huge success, and McLaglen then made Breakthrough (1979), a war film with Burton; North Sea Hijack (1979), an action film with Moore; The Sea Wolves (1980), a war movie from Euan Lloyd, the producer of The Wild Geese, with Moore and Gregory Peck.
He played New York City and later infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone (1899-1947), in the 1959 Richard Wilson-directed biopic of same name, and was cast in the role of an off-shore naval destroyer commander, amazed and stunned in the memorable experience of observing the massive amphibious beach landings in Normandy, France in the epic war film ...