The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

Directed by

John Guillermin

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 186 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

American soldiers race to capture an intact bridge in Germany during the final months of World War II. The film shows the risks and losses they face to secure a passage across the Rhine.

tensegrittysomberaction-packedold-fashioneddramaticwartime intensity

What happens

The Bridge at Remagen is a 1969 DeLuxe Color war film in Panavision starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara, and Robert Vaughn. The film, which was directed by John Guillermin, was shot in Czechoslovakia. It is based on the nonfiction book The Bridge at Remagen: The Amazing Story of March 7, 1945 by writer and U.S. Representative Ken Hechler. The screenplay was adapted by Richard Yates and William Roberts. The film is a highly fictionalized version of actual events during the last months of World War II, when the U.S. 9th Armored Division approached Remagen and captured the intact Ludendorff Bridge. While the real battle ran for ten days and involved several artillery duels between the U.S. troops and German defenders, the film focuses more specifically on the heroism and human cost in gaining the bridgehead across the Rhine before the Allies' final advance into Germany. The Remagen bridge was never rebuilt; the towers on each bank were converted into a museum and arts studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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