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The Bridge
1959 7.5 (173 votes) 1h 43m
Genres
Drama History War
Production Companies
Fono Film
Taurus Produktion

The Bridge (Die Brücke)

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.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Karl-Wilhelm Vivier, Bernhard Wicki, Michael Mansfeld

Director of Photography: Gerd von Bonin

Director: Bernhard Wicki

Top Cast

Folker Bohnet
Folker Bohnet

Hans Scholten

Fritz Wepper
Fritz Wepper

Albert Mutz

Michael Hinz

Walter Forst

Frank Glaubrecht
Frank Glaubrecht

Jurgen Borchert

Karl Michael Balzer

Karl Horber

Volker Lechtenbrink
Volker Lechtenbrink

Klaus Hager

Günther Hoffmann
Günther Hoffmann

Sigi Bernhard

Cordula Trantow
Cordula Trantow

Franziska

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