The Bridge (1959)
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.
Director:
Bernhard Wicki
Writers:
Karl-Wilhelm Vivier, Bernhard Wicki, Michael Mansfeld.
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Folker Bohnet as Hans Scholten |
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Fritz Wepper as Albert Mutz |
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Michael Hinz as Walter Forst |
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Frank Glaubrecht as Jurgen Borchert |
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Karl Michael Balzer as Karl Horber |
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Volker Lechtenbrink as Klaus Hager |
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Günther Hoffmann as Sigi Bernhard |
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Cordula Trantow as Franziska |
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Wolfgang Stumpf as Stern |
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Günter Pfitzmann as Heilmann |
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Heinz Spitzner as Fröhlich |
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Siegfried Schürenberg as Lieutenant Colonel |
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Ruth Hausmeister as Frau Mutz |
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Eva Vaitl as Frau Borchert |
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Edith Schultze-Westrum as Mutter Bernhard |
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Hans Elwenspoek as Frost |
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Trude Breitschopf as Frau Frost |
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Klaus Hellmold as Horber |
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Inge Benz as Sigrun |
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Til Kiwe as Ritter |
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Edeltraut Elsner as Barbara |
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Vicco von Bülow as Stabsweldfebel |
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Georg Lehn as Stabsweldfebel |
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Johannes Buzalski as Wounded Soldier |
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Heini Göbel as Feldwebel Verpflegung |
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Alexander Hunzinger as Gefreiter |
| Writing | Karl-Wilhelm Vivier | Screenplay |
| Camera | Gerd von Bonin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Carl Otto Bartning | Editor |
| Writing | Bernhard Wicki | Screenplay |
| Sound | Willi Schwadorf | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Bernhard Wicki | Director |
| Writing | Michael Mansfeld | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gregor Dorfmeister | Novel |
| Production | Hans Wolff | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jonas Müller | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Karl Hellmer | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josef Wanke | Costume Design |
| Crew | Erwin Lange | Special Effects |
| Directing | Holger Lussmann | Assistant Director |
| Production | Rudolf Fichtner | Location Manager |
| Visual Effects | Karl Baumgartner | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Sound | Oskar Sala | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Hans-Martin Majewski | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gabriele Du Vinage | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfred Rasche | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Peter Scharff | Production Design |
