The Bridge (1959)
The Bridge (1959) - Drama Movies 103 minutes. The Bridge, Le pont, Il ponte, El puente, De Brug, A Ponte da Desilusão, Broen, Sild, I gefyra, A Hid, Köprü, Most, Die Brucke, Тяжёлая расплата. 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. small town, nazi, steel helmet, war crimes, firearm, bridge, dead soldier, us army, teenage boy, american abroad, anti war, shot, children in wartime
Released: Oct 21, 1959
Runtime: 103 minutes
Stars: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht, Karl Michael Balzer, Volker Lechtenbrink
Crew: Bernhard Wicki (Director), Michael Mansfeld (Screenplay), Karl-Wilhelm Vivier (Screenplay), Bernhard Wicki (Screenplay), Gregor Dorfmeister (Novel), Gerd von Bonin (Director of Photography)