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The Bridge

1959 103 min ★ 7.6 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.

Director: Bernhard Wicki

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Cast

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