The Bridge (1959)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Bernhard Wicki
Genres : Drama, History, War
Status : Released
Released : Oct 21, 1959
Length : 103 minutes
Cast
- Folker Bohnet
- Fritz Wepper
- Michael Hinz
- Frank Glaubrecht
- Karl Michael Balzer
- Volker Lechtenbrink
- Günther Hoffmann
- Cordula Trantow
- Wolfgang Stumpf
- Günter Pfitzmann
- Heinz Spitzner
- Siegfried Schürenberg
- Ruth Hausmeister
- Eva Vaitl
- Edith Schultze-Westrum
- Hans Elwenspoek
- Trude Breitschopf
- Klaus Hellmold
- Inge Benz
- Til Kiwe
- Edeltraut Elsner
- Vicco von Bülow
- Georg Lehn
- Johannes Buzalski
- Heini Göbel
- Alexander Hunzinger
Crew
- Director : Bernhard Wicki
- Screenplay : Michael Mansfeld
- Screenplay : Karl-Wilhelm Vivier
- Screenplay : Bernhard Wicki
- Novel : Gregor Dorfmeister
- Director of Photography : Gerd von Bonin
- Editor : Carl Otto Bartning
- Sound Designer : Willi Schwadorf
- Executive Producer : Hans Wolff
- Original Music Composer : Hans-Martin Majewski
- Production Design : Peter Scharff
- Costume Design : Josef Wanke
- Makeup Artist : Jonas Müller
- Makeup Artist : Alfred Rasche
- Assistant Director : Holger Lussmann
- Sound Effects Editor : Oskar Sala
- Pyrotechnic Supervisor : Karl Baumgartner
- Special Effects : Erwin Lange
- Still Photographer : Gabriele Du Vinage
- Location Manager : Rudolf Fichtner
- Location Manager : Karl Hellmer