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Feature film — 1959

The Bridge (1959)

7.61h 43mDrama — History — War

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.

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A high-signal pick with 206 votes.

Taurus Produktion / Fono-Film

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Director: Bernhard Wicki

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Cast & crew

Folker Bohnet as Hans Scholten

Folker Bohnet

Hans Scholten

Fritz Wepper as Albert Mutz

Fritz Wepper

Albert Mutz

Michael Hinz as Walter Forst

Michael Hinz

Walter Forst

Frank Glaubrecht as Jurgen Borchert

Frank Glaubrecht

Jurgen Borchert

K

Karl Michael Balzer

Karl Horber

Volker Lechtenbrink as Klaus Hager

Volker Lechtenbrink

Klaus Hager

Günther Hoffmann as Sigi Bernhard

Günther Hoffmann

Sigi Bernhard

Cordula Trantow as Franziska

Cordula Trantow

Franziska

Wolfgang Stumpf as Stern

Wolfgang Stumpf

Stern

Günter Pfitzmann as Heilmann

Günter Pfitzmann

Heilmann

Heinz Spitzner as Fröhlich

Heinz Spitzner

Fröhlich

Siegfried Schürenberg as Lieutenant Colonel

Siegfried Schürenberg

Lieutenant Colonel

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