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The Bridge
Sign in to saveAlso known as Die Brücke, Freedom to Die
1959 film directed by Bernhard Wicki
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7.6A 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: 1959-10-21103 minDir: Bernhard WickiDrama, History, War
▶ Watch trailerStream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Folker Bohnet as Hans Scholten
- Fritz Wepper as Albert Mutz
- Michael Hinz as Walter Forst
- Frank Glaubrecht as Jurgen Borchert
- Karl Michael Balzer as Karl Horber
- Volker Lechtenbrink as Klaus Hager
Themes
- small town
- nazi
- steel helmet
- war crimes
- firearm
- bridge
- dead soldier
- us army
- teenage boy
- american abroad
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Ratings
IMDb
8/10
8,859 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1959
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 16 wins & 1 nomination total
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