Movie·1959·1h 43m
The Bridge
Country
Germany
Language
German
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The Story
Original title: Die Brücke
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.
Written By
Karl-Wilhelm Vivier, Michael Mansfeld
Producer
Hans Wolff
Cinematography
Gerd von Bonin
Music
Hans-Martin Majewski
Editor
Carl Otto Bartning
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Folker Bohnet
Hans Scholten
Fritz Wepper
Albert Mutz
Michael Hinz
Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht
Jurgen Borchert
Karl Michael Balzer
Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink
Klaus Hager
Günther Hoffmann
Sigi Bernhard
Cordula Trantow
Franziska
Wolfgang Stumpf
Stern
Günter Pfitzmann
Heilmann
Heinz Spitzner
Fröhlich
Siegfried Schürenberg
Lieutenant Colonel
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Mutz
Eva Vaitl
Frau Borchert
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Mutter Bernhard
Hans Elwenspoek
Frost
Trude Breitschopf
Frau Frost
Klaus Hellmold
Horber
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Crew
Karl-Wilhelm Vivier
Screenplay
Gerd von Bonin
Director of Photography
Carl Otto Bartning
Editor
Bernhard Wicki
Screenplay, Director
Michael Mansfeld
Screenplay
Hans Wolff
Executive Producer
Hans-Martin Majewski
Original Music Composer
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