The Bridge (1959)

The Bridge (1959)

1959-10-21 Germany 103 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Folker Bohnet is Hans Scholten
Hans Scholten
Fritz Wepper is Albert Mutz
Albert Mutz
Michael Hinz is Walter Forst
Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht is Jurgen Borchert
Jurgen Borchert
Karl Michael Balzer is Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink is Klaus Hager
Günther Hoffmann is Sigi Bernhard
Sigi Bernhard
Cordula Trantow is Franziska
Heinz Spitzner is Fröhlich
Siegfried Schürenberg is Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel