The Bridge
1959 · directed by Bernhard Wicki
- Rating
- 87/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
The Bridge (1959), directed by Bernhard Wicki, rates 87/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Folker Bohnet
- Fritz Wepper
- Michael Hinz
- Frank Glaubrecht
- Karl Michael Balzer
- Volker Lechtenbrink
- Günther Hoffmann
- Cordula Trantow
- Wolfgang Stumpf
- Günter Pfitzmann
Crew
- Gerd von Bonin — Director of Photography
- Carl Otto Bartning — Editor
- Hans-Martin Majewski — Original Music Composer
- Bernhard Wicki — Screenplay
- Karl-Wilhelm Vivier — Screenplay
- Michael Mansfeld — Screenplay
More from Bernhard Wicki
- The Longest Day (1962) — 78/100
- Morituri (1965) — 71/100
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