The Bridge ( Die Brücke )

The Bridge (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Die Brücke
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
103 min + 85 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1959 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Bernhard Wicki

Written By:
Manfred Gregor
Michael Mansfeld

Actors:
Folker Bohnet ..... Hans Scholten
Fritz Wepper ..... Albert Mutz
Michael Hinz ..... Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht ..... Jurgen Borchert
Karl Michael Balzer ..... Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink ..... Klaus Hager
Günther Hoffmann ..... Sigi Bernhard
Cordula Trantow ..... Franziska
Wolfgang Stumpf ..... Stern
Günter Pfitzmann ..... Heilmann
Heinz Spitzner ..... Fröhlich
Siegfried Schürenberg ..... Lt. Colonel
Ruth Hausmeister ..... Mrs. Mutz
Eva Vaitl ..... Mrs. Borchert
Edith Schultze-Westrum ..... Mother Bernhard

Synopsis:

Poignant, anti-war drama from director Bernhard Wicki about a group of German boys' attempts to guard a bridge in the dying days of WWII. As the defeated ranks of the Wehrmacht try to escape the advancing American troops, seven boys from a local village are seconded to guard a strategically worthless bridge. Fired up by the patriotic ideology on offer, the boys' resolve is put to the test when American tanks suddenly appear, intent on crossing the bridge.

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.

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This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 November, 2009.

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