The Bridge

Germany

• 1959-10-21
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  Drama,

  History,

  War
• ▪ 1h-43m

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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.

• Carl Otto BartningEditor

  Gerd von BoninDirector of Photography

  Bernhard WickiDirector

  Karl-Wilhelm VivierScreenplay

  Gregor DorfmeisterNovel

  Willi SchwadorfSound Designer