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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Loriot 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 |
| Editing | Carl Otto Bartning | Editor |
| Camera | Gerd von Bonin | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Bernhard Wicki | Director |
| Writing | Karl-Wilhelm Vivier | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gregor Dorfmeister | Novel |
| Sound | Willi Schwadorf | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Bernhard Wicki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michael Mansfeld | Screenplay |
| Production | Hans Wolff | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josef Wanke | Costume Design |
| Crew | Erwin Lange | Special Effects |
| Camera | Gabriele Du Vinage | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Hans-Martin Majewski | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfred Rasche | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Karl Baumgartner | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Production | Rudolf Fichtner | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jonas Müller | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Karl Hellmer | Location Manager |
| Sound | Oskar Sala | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Holger Lussmann | Assistant Director |
| Art | Peter Scharff | Production Design |
