The Bridge (1959)
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.
Folker Bohnet Hans Scholten |
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Fritz Wepper Albert Mutz |
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Michael Hinz Walter Forst |
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Frank Glaubrecht Jurgen Borchert |
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Karl Michael Balzer Karl Horber |
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Volker Lechtenbrink Klaus Hager |
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Günther Hoffmann Sigi Bernhard |
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Cordula Trantow Franziska |
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Wolfgang Stumpf Stern |
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Günter Pfitzmann Heilmann |
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Heinz Spitzner Fröhlich |
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Siegfried Schürenberg Lieutenant Colonel |
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Ruth Hausmeister Frau Mutz |
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Eva Vaitl Frau Borchert |
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Edith Schultze-Westrum Mutter Bernhard |
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Hans Elwenspoek Frost |
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Trude Breitschopf Frau Frost |
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Klaus Hellmold Horber |
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Inge Benz Sigrun |
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Til Kiwe Ritter |
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Edeltraut Elsner Barbara |
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Vicco von Bülow Stabsweldfebel |
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Georg Lehn Stabsweldfebel |
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Johannes Buzalski Wounded Soldier |
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Heini Göbel Feldwebel Verpflegung |
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Alexander Hunzinger Gefreiter |
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 |