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The Bridge
“Boys and Girls Dream of love,Manhood and Womanhood to DIscover a World of Violence !”
7.6 / 10• 1959• 1h 43m•NR• German
DramaHistoryWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Folker Bohnet
Hans Scholten
Lead
Fritz Wepper
Albert Mutz
Michael Hinz
Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht
Jurgen Borchert
KM
Karl Michael Balzer
Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink
Klaus Hager
Günther Hoffmann
Sigi Bernhard
Cordula Trantow
Franziska
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bernhard Wicki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Bridge is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
