Breakthrough

1979 war film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Movie film Q587973
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Breakthrough

Summary

Breakthrough is a film[1]. Breakthrough ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Breakthrough's image is recorded as Logo steiner das eiserne kreuz 2.svg[3].
  • Breakthrough's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Breakthrough's director is recorded as Andrew V. McLaglen[5].
  • Breakthrough's screenwriter is recorded as Peter Berneis[6].
  • Breakthrough's composer is recorded as Peter Thomas[7].
  • Breakthrough's genre is recorded as drama film[8].
  • Breakthrough's genre is recorded as war film[9].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Richard Burton[10].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Rod Steiger[11].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Michael Parks[12].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Curd Jürgens[13].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Robert Mitchum[14].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Klaus Löwitsch[15].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Helmut Griem[16].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Werner Pochath[17].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Horst Janson[18].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Joachim Hansen[19].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Sieghardt Rupp[20].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Dieter Schidor[21].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Günter Meisner[22].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Véronique Vendell[23].
  • Breakthrough's cast member is recorded as Wolfgang Büttner[24].
  • Breakthrough's producer is recorded as Wolf C. Hartwig[25].
  • Breakthrough's director of photography is recorded as Tony Imi[26].
  • Breakthrough's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0078320[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Breakthrough's producer is recorded as Wolf C. Hartwig[25]. Breakthrough's director is recorded as Andrew V. McLaglen[5]. Breakthrough's screenwriter is recorded as Peter Berneis[6]. Cast members include Richard Burton[10], Rod Steiger[11], Michael Parks[12], Curd Jürgens[13], Robert Mitchum[14], and Klaus Löwitsch[15].

Publication

Publication dates include +1979-03-01T00:00:00Z[28], +1979-04-26T00:00:00Z[29], +1979-07-29T00:00:00Z[30], +1979-08-08T00:00:00Z[31], +1979-09-03T00:00:00Z[32], and +1979-10-30T00:00:00Z[33]. Original languages include English[34] and German[35]. Genres include drama film[8] and war film[9].

Subject and Themes

Breakthrough's main subject is recorded as World War II[36].

Why It Matters

Breakthrough ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2] Breakthrough has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Breakthrough is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . filmportal.de. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] . IMDb. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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