The Bridge

7.5
Low
19591h 43m

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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.

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Folker Bohnet - Hans Scholten in The Bridge

Folker Bohnet

Hans Scholten

Fritz Wepper - Albert Mutz in The Bridge

Fritz Wepper

Albert Mutz

Michael Hinz - Walter Forst in The Bridge

Michael Hinz

Walter Forst

Frank Glaubrecht - Jurgen Borchert in The Bridge

Frank Glaubrecht

Jurgen Borchert

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Karl Michael Balzer

Karl Horber

Volker Lechtenbrink - Klaus Hager in The Bridge

Volker Lechtenbrink

Klaus Hager

Günther Hoffmann - Sigi Bernhard in The Bridge

Günther Hoffmann

Sigi Bernhard

Cordula Trantow - Franziska in The Bridge

Cordula Trantow

Franziska

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Movie Info

Release Date

October 21, 1959

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

PG-13

Genres

Drama, History, War

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