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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.
Theatrical
May 1, 1961
Director
Writers
Karl-Wilhelm Vivier, Bernhard Wicki, Michael Mansfeld
Producer
Music
Studio
Taurus Produktion, Fono-Film
Original Title
Die Brücke
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →F
Folker Bohnet
Hans Scholten
F
Fritz Wepper
Albert Mutz
M
Michael Hinz
Walter Forst
F
Frank Glaubrecht
Jurgen Borchert
V
Volker Lechtenbrink
Klaus Hager
C
Cordula Trantow
Franziska
W
Wolfgang Stumpf
Stern
G
Günter Pfitzmann
Heilmann
H
Heinz Spitzner
Fröhlich
S
Siegfried Schürenberg
Lieutenant Colonel
R
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Mutz
E
Eva Vaitl
Frau Borchert
E
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Mutter Bernhard
H
Hans Elwenspoek
Frost
T
Trude Breitschopf
Frau Frost
K
Klaus Hellmold
Horber
I
Inge Benz
Sigrun
T
Til Kiwe
Ritter
E
Edeltraut Elsner
Barbara
L
Loriot
Stabsweldfebel
