The Bridge

The Bridge

103 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 21, 1959

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.

The Bridge

103 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 21, 1959

The Bridge
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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Fono Film
Original title Die Brücke
Directors Holger Lussmann, Bernhard Wicki
Writers Manfred Gregor, Karl-Wilhelm Vivier, Michael Mansfeld, Bernhard Wicki

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

Ruth Hausmeister

as Frau Mutz

Eva Vaitl

as Frau Borchert

Edith Schultze-Westrum

as Mutter Bernhard

Hans Elwenspoek

as Frost

Trude Breitschopf

as Frau Frost

Klaus Hellmold

as Horber

Inge Benz

as Sigrun

Til Kiwe

as Ritter

Edeltraut Elsner

as Barbara

Vicco von Bülow

as Stabsweldfebel

Georg Lehn

as Stabsweldfebel

Johannes Buzalski

as Wounded Soldier

Heini Göbel

as Feldwebel Verpflegung

Alexander Hunzinger

as Gefreiter