The Bridge

IMDb 7.5 1959 • 103 min • DramaHistoryWar

Director

Bernhard Wicki

Country

DE

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Folker Bohnet
Folker Bohnet Hans Scholten
Fritz Wepper
Fritz Wepper Albert Mutz
Michael Hinz
Michael Hinz Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht
Frank Glaubrecht Jurgen Borchert
Karl Michael Balzer
Karl Michael Balzer Karl Horber