The Bridge
7.9
“Boys and Girls Dream of love,Manhood and Womanhood to DIscover a World of Violence !”
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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Cast
27 people
Folker Bohnet
Hans Scholten
Known for
Ludwig
Fritz Wepper
Albert Mutz
Known for
Cabaret
Derrick
Michael Hinz
Walter Forst
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The Famous Five
Four Times That Night
Frank Glaubrecht
Jurgen Borchert
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Climax
Code Name: Wild Geese
Karl Michael Balzer
Karl Horber
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Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse
Volker Lechtenbrink
Klaus Hager
Also in
By Way of the Stars
Der Hausgeist
Günther Hoffmann
Sigi Bernhard
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Ein Mann namens Harry Brent
Der Kidnapper
Cordula Trantow
Franziska
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Babeck
Gier
Wolfgang Stumpf
Stern
Also in
Signs of Life
Coralba
Günter Pfitzmann
Heilmann
Also in
The Squeaker
Die Unverbesserlichen
Heinz Spitzner
Fröhlich
Also in
The Squeaker
The College Girl Murders
Siegfried Schürenberg
Lieutenant Colonel
Known for
The Mysterious Magician
Bernhard Wicki Director · Michael Mansfeld Screenplay Karl-Wilhelm Vivier Screenplay
United States release May 1, 1961 · Produced in Germany · Languages English, German
Production
Taurus Produktion
Production
Fono-Film
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Die Brücke
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Germany · October 21, 1959
Theatrical · West Germany
United States · May 1, 1961
Theatrical
Austria
January 15, 1960 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 31, 1959 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 18, 1960 · Theatrical
France
March 30, 1960 · Theatrical
October 1, 2004 · Physical · DVD
January 24, 2017 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
September 4, 1964 · Theatrical · East Germany
May 18, 1969 · Theatrical · Extended edition
February 13, 2014 · Physical
Portugal
January 1, 1960 · Theatrical
Russia
October 15, 1962 · Theatrical
January 1, 1972 · Theatrical · (re-release)
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