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The Bridge

The Bridge

19597.51h 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.

Directed by Bernhard Wicki
Written by Michael Mansfeld, Karl-Wilhelm Vivier, Bernhard Wicki
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Top Cast

Folker Bohnet

Folker Bohnet

Hans Scholten

Fritz Wepper

Fritz Wepper

Albert Mutz

Michael Hinz

Michael Hinz

Walter Forst

Frank Glaubrecht

Frank Glaubrecht

Jurgen Borchert

K

Karl Michael Balzer

Karl Horber

Volker Lechtenbrink

Volker Lechtenbrink

Klaus Hager

Günther Hoffmann

Günther Hoffmann

Sigi Bernhard

Cordula Trantow

Cordula Trantow

Franziska

Wolfgang Stumpf

Wolfgang Stumpf

Stern

Günter Pfitzmann

Günter Pfitzmann

Heilmann

Themes & Keywords

small townnazisteel helmetwar crimesfirearmbridgedead soldierus armyteenage boyamerican abroadanti warshotchildren in wartime

About The Bridge

The Bridge is a drama, history, war film released in 1959 exploring themes of small town, nazi, steel helmet, war crimes, firearm, bridge. Directed by Bernhard Wicki, it stars Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz. 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.

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