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The Bridge
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Title: The Bridge

Release Date: 21 Oct 1959

Runtime: 1h 43m

Genre: Drama, History, War

Director: Fono Film, Taurus Produktion

Production Companies: Fono Film, Taurus Produktion

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.5 (170 votes)

Cast

  • Hans Scholten: Folker Bohnet
  • Albert Mutz: Fritz Wepper
  • Walter Forst: Michael Hinz
  • Jurgen Borchert: Frank Glaubrecht
  • Karl Horber: Karl Michael Balzer
  • Klaus Hager: Volker Lechtenbrink
  • Sigi Bernhard: Günther Hoffmann
  • Franziska: Cordula Trantow
  • Stern: Wolfgang Stumpf
  • Heilmann: Günter Pfitzmann
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