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Rated 7.6 on TMDB

The Bridge

Die Brücke

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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.

Released: 1959
Runtime: 1h 43m
Genres: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Language: German

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Holger LussmannAssistant Director

Bernhard WickiScreenplay, Director

Karl-Wilhelm VivierScreenplay

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Folker BohnetHans Scholten
Fritz WepperAlbert Mutz
Michael HinzWalter Forst

Frank GlaubrechtJurgen Borchert
Karl Michael BalzerKarl Horber
Volker LechtenbrinkKlaus Hager
Günther HoffmannSigi Bernhard
Cordula TrantowFranziska

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