The Bridge (1959)

Original title

Die Brücke

Directed by

Bernhard Wicki

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

12

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 198 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the final days of World War II, a group of teenage German boys are drafted to defend a small bridge in their town. They face the brutal reality of combat and their own naivety.

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What happens

Die Brücke (German pronunciation: [diː ˈbʁʏkə] , "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 who in his own youth experienced a similar situation in World War II. The film was timely in West Germany as the Bundeswehr had only recently been created in 1955 with conscription in Germany beginning in 1956. It received several international prizes, notably the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, also a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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