The Bridge
1959/10/21 (US) | Drama, History, War
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.
Bernhard Wicki
Director
Michael Mansfeld
Screenplay
Karl-Wilhelm Vivier
Screenplay
Bernhard Wicki
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Folker Bohnet
Hans Scholten
Fritz Wepper
Albert Mutz
No Image
Michael Hinz
Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht
Jurgen Borchert
No Image
Karl Michael Balzer
Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink
Klaus Hager
Günther Hoffmann
Sigi Bernhard
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Fono Film
- Taurus Produktion
Crews
Gregor Dorfmeister
Novel
Gerd von Bonin
Director of Photography
Carl Otto Bartning
Editor
Willi Schwadorf
Sound Designer