The Bridge

The Bridge

1959/10/21 • Released • German

Drama
History
War
7.5
1h 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.

Director : Bernhard Wicki

Casts
Folker Bohnet

Folker Bohnet

Hans Scholten

Fritz Wepper

Fritz Wepper

Albert Mutz

Michael Hinz

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

Wolfgang Stumpf

Wolfgang Stumpf

Stern

Günter Pfitzmann

Günter Pfitzmann

Heilmann

Heinz Spitzner

Heinz Spitzner

Fröhlich

Siegfried Schürenberg

Siegfried Schürenberg

Lieutenant Colonel

Ruth Hausmeister

Ruth Hausmeister

Frau Mutz

Eva Vaitl

Frau Borchert

Edith Schultze-Westrum

Edith Schultze-Westrum

Mutter Bernhard

Hans Elwenspoek

Frost

Trude Breitschopf

Frau Frost

Klaus Hellmold

Horber

Inge Benz

Sigrun

Til Kiwe

Til Kiwe

Ritter

Edeltraut Elsner

Edeltraut Elsner

Barbara

Vicco von Bülow

Vicco von Bülow

Stabsweldfebel

Georg Lehn

Georg Lehn

Stabsweldfebel

Johannes Buzalski

Johannes Buzalski

Wounded Soldier

Heini Göbel

Heini Göbel

Feldwebel Verpflegung

Alexander Hunzinger

Gefreiter

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