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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.
Jul 19, 2015 · It is a tragedy, and their blood is on the German machine’s hands. Coming in 1959, this film at least to the younger generation is a way of processing and coming to terms with how misguided the older generation was. The Bridge, however tragic, is a catharsis. Film Rating: 8/10. Supplements.
Summaries. In 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers. A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war.
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Jun 23, 2015 · 2015-06-23. In 1959, Bernhard Wicki made The Bridge, Germany’s first antiwar film since the end of World War II. The movie was an international success, and received an Academy Award...
Jun 24, 2015 · Teen angst. Until, that is, the reality of fear, blood and death is brought home. The subtlest aspect of The Bridge lies in its treatment of the rising confusion between the boys’ blind enthusiasm and the discordant experience which suddenly undermines everything they’ve been taught. When the game of war becomes all too real, the perverse ...
The Bridge is a film directed by Bernhard Wicki with Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht .... Year: 1959. Original title: Die Brücke. Synopsis: A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war.
In the final days of World War II, German teenagers join the Nazi army in a futile attempt to stop the enemy invasion. A sympathetic officer places the boys as guards of a seemingly unimportant bridge. The seven youths are thrown into battle when American tanks unexpectedly appear and try to cross the bridge.
