08 Jan Breakthrough
Breakthrough, WWII Movie starring Richard Burton
(1979) Yes, it’s a bad sign when I’m thinking “fast forward” in the first fifteen minutes of a movie. First of all Richard Burton is a German soldier. That just didn’t feel right.
I would rather watch a movie with subtitles than watch one with actors who are speaking with German accents that I just cannot understand.
And I’m thinking, how old is Richard Burton? He looks terrible. A quick google, and I see that he was 54. He had already divorced Elizabeth twice. I understand.
When Robert Mitchum, American Colonel, appears, “Thank goodness. At least I’ll know what he’s saying.”
The story is that German Burton is ordered to tell American Mitchum that there is a plot brewing to kill Hitler which will make it possible to negotiate a ceasefire. As we all know, that plot fails. The fighting intensifies. The most interesting and exciting part of the movie was the ending.
If you can make it that long.
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