The Bridge
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Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won 4 awards, including the Golden Globe for Best Non-English Language Film and the German Film Award for Best Feature Film (1960)
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (1960)
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Based on
Based on Die Brücke
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Setting
Set in Germany
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Music
Music by Hans-Martin Majewski
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Gerd von Bonin
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Karl-Wilhelm VivierScreenplay
- Gregor DorfmeisterNovel
- Bernhard WickiScreenplay
- Michael MansfeldScreenplay
- Original title
- Die Brücke
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 21, 1959
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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Cast
Folker BohnetHans Scholten
Fritz WepperAlbert Mutz
Michael HinzWalter Forst
Frank GlaubrechtJurgen Borchert- Karl Michael BalzerKarl Horber
Volker LechtenbrinkKlaus Hager
Günther HoffmannSigi Bernhard
Cordula TrantowFranziska
Wolfgang StumpfStern
Günter PfitzmannHeilmann
Heinz SpitznerFröhlich
Siegfried SchürenbergLieutenant Colonel
Ruth HausmeisterFrau Mutz- Eva VaitlFrau Borchert
Edith Schultze-WestrumMutter Bernhard- Hans ElwenspoekFrost
- Trude BreitschopfFrau Frost
- Klaus HellmoldHorber
- Inge BenzSigrun
Til KiweRitter
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