Multimedia Collection
The Bridge (Die Brücke)
DVD
102 min
1959
PN1997 .B743 1998 DVD
In one of the most viciously realistic war films ever made, THE BRIDGE takes you to a time and place that no longer exists: Germany 1945, in the final hours of the war.
As the war wages to its bitter climax, eight sixteen-year-old German schoolboys are drafted into the Wehrmacht as a last resort to defend a bridge to their town. With patriotic enthusiasm, the boys struggle bravely but futilely to carry out their orders against advancing American troops and tanks.
Bernhard Wicki directed this brutally cool and realistic true account that quickly won wide acclaim: an Academy Award® nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and a Golden Globe Award, as well as many International Film Awards.
It is a film you will remember for years to come - a film of youth trapped in the fires of Hell.
Cast: Fritz Wepper, Volker Bohnet, Michael Hinz, Volker Lechtenbrink, Gunther Hoffmann, Michael Hinz, Cordula Trantow. Director Bernhard Wicki.
German dialogue with English subtitles or version dubbed in English.
Distributed by Beta Films.
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