The Bridge
103 mins
A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.
Michael Hinz
Walter Forst
Karl Michael Balzer
Karl Horber
Eva Vaitl
Frau Borchert
Hans Elwenspoek
Frost
Trude Breitschopf
Frau Frost
Klaus Hellmold
Horber
Inge Benz
Sigrun
Alexander Hunzinger
Gefreiter
Karl-Wilhelm Vivier
Screenplay
Gerd von Bonin
Director of Photography
Willi Schwadorf
Sound Designer
Michael Mansfeld
Screenplay
Gregor Dorfmeister
Novel
Hans Wolff
Executive Producer
Jonas Müller
Makeup Artist
Josef Wanke
Costume Design
Erwin Lange
Special Effects
Holger Lussmann
Assistant Director
Rudolf Fichtner
Location Manager
Karl Baumgartner
Pyrotechnic Supervisor
Oskar Sala
Sound Effects Editor
Hans-Martin Majewski
Original Music Composer
Gabriele Du Vinage
Still Photographer
Alfred Rasche
Makeup Artist
Peter Scharff
Production Design