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Die Brücke (English: The Bridge) is a 1959 West German anti-war film directed by Austrian filmmaker Bernhard Wicki. It is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by journalist and writer Gregor Dorfmeister (published under the pseudonym Manfred Gregor ). The story was based on an actual event, upon the personal report of a surviving veteran ...
- Gerd von Bonin
- Bernhard Wicki
- Hermann Schwerin, Jochen Schwerin
The Bridge: Directed by Bernhard Wicki. With Volker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht. In 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.
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- Drama, War
- Bernhard Wicki
- 1961-05-01
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Bernhard Wicki’s astonishing The Bridge was the first major antiwar film to come out of Germany after World War II, as well as the nation’s first postwar film to be widely shown internationally, even securing an Oscar nomination. Set near the end of the conflict, it follows a group of teenage boys in a small town as they contend with everyday matters like school, girls, and parents, before ...
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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.
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. Bernhard Wicki. Director, Screenplay.
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. 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. — Miranda ...
Directed by Bernhard Wicki • 1959 • West Germany Starring Karl Michael Balzer, Folker Bohnet, Michael Hinz. Bernhard Wicki’s astonishing THE BRIDGE was the first major antiwar film to come out of Germany after World War II, as well as the nation’s first postwar film to be widely shown internationally, even securing an Oscar nomination.
