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The Bridge (1959)

The Bridge (1959)

Drama History War
Release Date: 1959, October 21
Directors: Bernhard Wicki
Countries: Germany
Production: Fono Film, Fono Film, Taurus Produktion, Taurus Produktion
Cast: Til Kiwe, Siegfried Schürenberg, Ruth Hausmeister, Michael Hinz, Heinz Spitzner, Vicco von Bülow, Fritz Wepper, Frank Glaubrecht, Volker Lechtenbrink, Günter Pfitzmann, Trude Breitschopf, Edeltraut Elsner

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.

Keywords:

teenage boy nazi war crimes small town anti war firearm us army bridge children in wartime steel helmet american abroad shot dead soldier