The Bridge (1959)
Original title: Die Brücke
The Bridge is a 1959 German-language drama movie directed by Bernhard Wicki, with a running time of 1h 43m. It stars Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper and Michael Hinz.
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.
Where to watch The Bridge
Stream: Criterion Channel
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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