The Bridge
Directed by Bernhard Wicki
Starring Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht, Karl Michael Balzer, Volker Lechtenbrink, Günther Hoffmann, Cordula Trantow, Wolfgang Stumpf, Günter Pfitzmann
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NostalgicA 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.
- Original title
- Die Brücke
- Original language
- German
- Country
- Germany
- Screenplay
- Karl-Wilhelm Vivier, Bernhard Wicki, Michael Mansfeld
- Music
- Hans-Martin Majewski
- Cinematography
- Gerd von Bonin
- Cast
- Frank Glaubrecht, Karl Michael Balzer, Volker Lechtenbrink, Günther Hoffmann, Cordula Trantow, Wolfgang Stumpf, Günter Pfitzmann
Updated August 14, 2026
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