The Bridge (1959)
October 21, 1959Release Date
The Bridge (1959)
October 21, 1959Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Folker Bohnet
Hans Scholten
Fritz Wepper
Albert Mutz
Michael Hinz
Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht
Jurgen Borchert
Karl Michael Balzer
Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink
Klaus Hager
Günter Hoffmann
Sigi Bernhard
Günther Hoffmann
Sigi Bernhard
Cordula Trantow
Franziska
Wolfgang Stumpf
Stern
Heinz Spitzner
Fröhlich
Günter Pfitzmann
Heilmann
Siegfried Schürenberg
Lieutenant Colonel
Bernhard Wicki
Director
Gregor Dorfmeister
Writer
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Mutz
Michael Mansfeld
Writer
Eva Vaitl
Frau Borchert
Heinz Pauck
Writer
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Mutter Bernhard
Hermann Schwerin
Producer
Hans Elwenspoek
Frost
Trude Breitschopf
Frau Frost
Hans-Martin Majewski
Composer
Gerd von Bonin
Cinematographer
Klaus Hellmold
Horber
Inge Benz
Sigrun
Carl Otto Bartning
Editor
Til Kiwe
Ritter
Peter Scharff
ProductionDesigner
Edeltraut Elsner
Barbara
Vicco von Bülow
Stabsweldfebel
Georg Lehn
Stabsweldfebel
Johannes Buzalski
Wounded Soldier
Heini Göbel
Feldwebel Verpflegung
Alexander Hunzinger
Gefreiter
Erwin Lange
Special Effects
Karl-Wilhelm Vivier
Screenplay
Willi Schwadorf
Sound Designer
Rudolf Fichtner
Location Manager
Josef Wanke
Costume Design
Oskar Sala
Sound Effects Editor
Hans Wolff
Executive Producer
Karl Hellmer
Location Manager
Jonas Müller
Makeup Artist
Karl Baumgartner
Pyrotechnic Supervisor
Alfred Rasche
Makeup Artist
Holger Lussmann
Assistant Director
Gabriele Du Vinage
Still Photographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 21, 1959
Original NameDie Brücke
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Genres
Wiki.
Die Brücke (English: 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.