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The Bridge
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1959 film directed by Bernhard Wicki
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The Bridge, originally titled Die Brücke, is a 1959 German drama and war film directed by Bernhard Wicki, who also wrote the screenplay. The black-and-white production features cast members Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Folker Bohnet, and Cordula Trantow. The narrative is set in Germany and centers on World War II and the subject of child soldiers. The film was produced by Fono Film and Taurus Produktion.
The movie has a runtime of 103 minutes and was released on October 21 or 22, 1959. Music was composed by Hans-Martin Majewski, with editing by Carl Otto Bartning. It has received an 8/10 review score and a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while holding an IMDb rating of 7.9. The film won the National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film, and the German Film Award for Best Feature Film. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
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Film · TMDB
7.6A 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.
Cast
- Folker Bohnet as Hans Scholten
- Fritz Wepper as Albert Mutz
- Michael Hinz as Walter Forst
- Frank Glaubrecht as Jurgen Borchert
- Karl Michael Balzer as Karl Horber
- Volker Lechtenbrink as Klaus Hager
Themes
- small town
- nazi
- steel helmet
- war crimes
- firearm
- bridge
- dead soldier
- us army
- teenage boy
- american abroad
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Ratings
IMDb
8/10
8,859 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1959
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 16 wins & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Bernhard Wicki
- Cast member
- Ira Lewis
- Composer
- Hans-Martin Majewski
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 356325
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Die Bruecke 1959.jpg
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- publication date
- 1959-10-22
- film editor
- Carl Otto Bartning
- title
- Die Brücke
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 100%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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