The Bridge (1959)
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.
- Released
- 1959-10-21
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Bernhard Wicki, Michael Mansfeld, Karl-Wilhelm Vivier, Bernhard Wicki
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 from 206 votes
Cast
- Folker Bohnet as Hans Scholten
- Fritz Wepper as Albert Mutz
- Michael Hinz as Walter Forst
- Frank Glaubrecht as Jurgen Borchert
- Karl Michael Balzer as Karl Horber
- Volker Lechtenbrink as Klaus Hager
- Günther Hoffmann as Sigi Bernhard
- Cordula Trantow as Franziska
- Wolfgang Stumpf as Stern
- Günter Pfitzmann as Heilmann
- Heinz Spitzner as Fröhlich
- Siegfried Schürenberg as Lieutenant Colonel