The Bridge (1959)

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(8638)

Country: West Germany
Genres: Drama, War
Release: 1961-05-01
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Writers: Manfred Gregor , Michael Mansfeld , Heinz Pauck
Language: German | English
Stars: Folker Bohnet , Fritz Wepper , Michael Hinz , Frank Glaubrecht , Karl Michael Balzer , Volker Lechtenbrink , Günter Hoffmann , Cordula Trantow , Wolfgang Stumpf , Günter Pfitzmann
Runtime: 103 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 16 wins & 1 nomination total
AKA: Le Pont (France, French Republic) , Die Brücke (Germany) , Most (Poland) , The Bridge (United States of America) , A híd (Hungary) , Die Brücke , Η γέφυρα (Greece) , Тяжёлая расплата , Мостът (Bulgaria) , Sunkus atpildas (Lithuania) , The Bridge (Canada) , Die Brücke , Bron (Sweden) , El puente (Argentina) , De Brug (Belgium) , A Ponte da Desilusão (Brazil) , A Ponte (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , El puente (Mexico) , Il ponte (Italy) , Sild (Estonia) , Köprü (Turkey) , The Bridge , El puente (Peru) , Podul (Romania) , The Bridge (Netherlands the) , The Bridge (United Kingdom) , Broen (Norway) , El puente (Spain) , Silta (Finland) , 橋 (Japan) , Broen (Denmark) , Мост , A Ponte (Brazil)
Plot:
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:tt0052654