The Bridge

The Bridge (1959)

DramaHistoryWar

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
Writers: Bernhard Wicki, Michael Mansfeld, Karl-Wilhelm Vivier.

Release Date: 1959-10-21
Status: Released
Run time: 103 min / 1:43
Production Companies : Fono Film, Taurus Produktion
Production Country: Germany

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Folker Bohnet
Hans Scholten
Fritz Wepper
Albert Mutz
Michael Hinz
Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht
Jurgen Borchert
Karl Michael Balzer
Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink
Klaus Hager
Günther Hoffmann
Sigi Bernhard
Cordula Trantow
Franziska
Wolfgang Stumpf
Stern
Günter Pfitzmann
Heilmann
Heinz Spitzner
Fröhlich
Siegfried Schürenberg
Lieutenant Colonel
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Mutz
Eva Vaitl
Frau Borchert
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Mutter Bernhard
Hans Elwenspoek
Frost
Trude Breitschopf
Frau Frost
Klaus Hellmold
Horber
Inge Benz
Sigrun
Til Kiwe
Ritter
Edeltraut Elsner
Barbara
Vicco von Bülow
Stabsweldfebel
Georg Lehn
Stabsweldfebel
Johannes Buzalski
Wounded Soldier
Heini Göbel
Feldwebel Verpflegung
Alexander Hunzinger
Gefreiter

Crew

Writing Bernhard Wicki Screenplay
Directing Bernhard Wicki Director
Crew Erwin Lange Special Effects
Writing Michael Mansfeld Screenplay
Writing Karl-Wilhelm Vivier Screenplay
Writing Gregor Dorfmeister Novel
Camera Gerd von Bonin Director of Photography
Editing Carl Otto Bartning Editor
Sound Willi Schwadorf Sound Designer
Production Rudolf Fichtner Location Manager
Sound Hans-Martin Majewski Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Josef Wanke Costume Design
Sound Oskar Sala Sound Effects Editor
Production Hans Wolff Executive Producer
Production Karl Hellmer Location Manager
Costume & Make-Up Jonas Müller Makeup Artist
Visual Effects Karl Baumgartner Pyrotechnic Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Alfred Rasche Makeup Artist
Art Peter Scharff Production Design
Directing Holger Lussmann Assistant Director
Camera Gabriele Du Vinage Still Photographer

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