Die Brücke (1959)
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Bernhard Wicki's directorial debut, this is an excellent little film with little plot and no known names on the roster. 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. The film has a definite anti-war message. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, (more)
- Director(s):
- Bernhard Wicki
Synopsis of Die Brücke
Bernhard Wicki's directorial debut, this is an excellent little film with little plot and no known names on the roster. 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. The film has a definite anti-war message. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
Complete Cast of Die Brücke
- Fritz Wepper - Mutz
- Frank Glaubrecht - Jurgen Borchert
- Volker Lechtenbrink - Klaus Hager
- Gunter Pfitzmann - Cpl. Heilmann
- Wolfgang Stumpf - Stern
- Ruth Hausmeister - Mrs. Mutz
- Michael Hinz - Walter Forst
- Karl Michael Balzer - Karl Horber
- Cordula Trantow - Franziska
- Edith Schultze-Westrum - Mrs. Bernhard
- Hans Elwenspoek - Mr. Forst
- Siegfried Schürenberg - Lt. Colonel
- Director(s):
- Bernhard Wicki
- Writer(s):
- Michael Mansfeld, Karl-Wilhelm Vivier, Erwin C. Dietrich
- Producer(s):
- Dr. Hermann Schwerin
- 1961 - National Board of Review - Best Foreign Film
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