The Bridge (1959)
Original Title: Die Brücke
Drama
History
War
7.5 (177 votes)
1h 43m
Overview
A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.
Details
- Director
- Bernhard Wicki
- Writer
- Michael Mansfeld
- Original Language
- German
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Cordula Trantow
Folker Bohnet
Frank Glaubrecht
Fritz Wepper
Günter Pfitzmann
Günther Hoffmann
Karl Michael Balzer
Michael Hinz
Volker Lechtenbrink
Wolfgang Stumpf
Keywords
american abroad
anti war
bridge
children in wartime
dead soldier
firearm
nazi
shot
small town
steel helmet
teenage boy
us army
war crimes
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