The Bridge Movie Review 1959

In 1945, two days before the end of WWII, seven German schoolboys are drafted to defend an unimportant bridge from American tanks. Emotional anti-war film based on the autobiographical novel of Manfred Gregor. German with subtitles.

Distribution

VCI Home Video, 11333 E. 60th Pl., Tulsa, OK 74146-6828, Phone: (918)254-6337, Toll-free: 800-331-4077, Fax: (918)254-6117, Email: vci@vcientertainment.com, URL: http://www.vcientertainment.com

Available on VHS
Running time 102 minutes.
Originally from German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Bridges, Anti-War War Movies, World War II, True Stories, Teen Angst, Germany

Screenplay

Bernhard Wicki, Michael Mansfield, Karl-Wilhelm Vivier

Cast

Fritz Wepper, Volker Bohnet, Franz Glaubrecht, Karl Michael Balzer, Gunther Hoffman, Michael Hinz, Cordula Trantow, Wolfgang Stumpf, Volker Lechtenbrink, Gunter Pfitzmann, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Ruth Hausmeister, Eva Vaitl

Cinematography

Gerd Von Bonen

Director

Bernhard Wicki

Music

Hans-Martin Majewski

Producer

Hermann Schwerin