The Bridge (1959)

7.6/10 • 103 min • Drama History War

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.

Cast

Folker Bohnet

Hans Scholten

Fritz Wepper

Albert Mutz

Michael Hinz

Walter Forst

Frank Glaubrecht

Jurgen Borchert

Volker Lechtenbrink

Klaus Hager

Günther Hoffmann

Sigi Bernhard

Cordula Trantow

Franziska

Wolfgang Stumpf

Stern

Günter Pfitzmann

Heilmann

Heinz Spitzner

Fröhlich

Siegfried Schürenberg

Lieutenant Colonel

Ruth Hausmeister

Frau Mutz

Edith Schultze-Westrum

Mutter Bernhard

Til Kiwe

Ritter

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