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The Bridge (1959)

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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 & Crew

Director
Bernhard Wicki
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    Hans Scholten Folker Bohnet
  • Profile picture of Fritz Wepper
    Albert Mutz Fritz Wepper
  • Profile picture of Frank Glaubrecht
    Jurgen Borchert Frank Glaubrecht
  • Profile picture of Volker Lechtenbrink
    Klaus Hager Volker Lechtenbrink
  • Profile picture of Günther Hoffmann
    Sigi Bernhard Günther Hoffmann
  • Profile picture of Cordula Trantow
    Franziska Cordula Trantow
  • Profile picture of Wolfgang Stumpf
    Stern Wolfgang Stumpf
  • Profile picture of Günter Pfitzmann
    Heilmann Günter Pfitzmann

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  • children in wartime