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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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Die Brücke von Zupanja (1975)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.