The Bridge (1961)

  • NR
  • 05/01/1961 (US)
  • Drama, History, War
  • 1h 43m

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.

Bernhard Wicki

Director, Screenplay

Michael Mansfeld

Screenplay

Karl-Wilhelm Vivier

Screenplay

Gregor Dorfmeister

Novel

Cast

Folker Bohnet's headshot

Folker Bohnet

Hans Scholten
Fritz Wepper's headshot

Fritz Wepper

Albert Mutz
Michael Hinz's headshot

Michael Hinz

Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht's headshot

Frank Glaubrecht

Jurgen Borchert
Karl Michael Balzer's headshot

Karl Michael Balzer

Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink's headshot

Volker Lechtenbrink

Klaus Hager
Günther Hoffmann's headshot

Günther Hoffmann

Sigi Bernhard
Cordula Trantow's headshot

Cordula Trantow

Franziska

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