The Bridge(Movie, 1959)

Name: The Bridge
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1959
Duration: T01:43:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "Die Brücke" (German/DE)

1h 43min | Genres: Drama, History, War

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 66 votes)

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. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Bridge

National Board of Review Award for Best International Film Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film German Film Award for Best Director German Film Award for Best Fiction Film nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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Trailer for The Bridge + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Three Reasons(Trailer, 1:39)

Three Reasons (Trailer) | Die Brücke ≣ 1959 ≣ Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: Germany

Plays in: Germany

Based on: "Die Brücke" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Fono Film

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: German (DE)

Translated into 17 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/01/1961 (World premiere: 10/21/1959)

Cast: Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Folker Bohnet, Cordula Trantow, Frank Glaubrecht, Volker Lechtenbrink, Günther Hoffmann, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Wolfgang Stumpf, Günter Pfitzmann, Loriot, Heinz Spitzner, Siegfried Schürenberg, Ruth Hausmeister, Eva Vaitl, Georg Lehn, Johannes Buzalski, Trude Breitschopf, Heini Göbel, Hans Elwenspoek, Til Kiwe, Edeltraut Elsner, Alexander Hunzinger, Alfons Teuber, Michael Mechel, Buck Henry, Ira Lewis

Director: Bernhard Wicki

Producer: Hermann Schwerin

Screenwriter: Bernhard Wicki, Michael Mansfeld

Film Editor: Carl Otto Bartning

Director of Photography: Gerd von Bonin

Composer: Hans-Martin Majewski

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"De Brug"

"A Ponte da Desilusão"

"Die Brucke"

"Broen"

"Sild"

"El puente"

"Le pont"

"I gefyra"

"A Hid"

"Il ponte"

"Most"

"Тяжёлая расплата"

"Köprü"

Keywords: children in wartime, war crimes, us army, dead soldier, bridge, nazi, shot, steel helmet, small town, american abroad, firearm, anti war, teenage boy

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Bridge(Movie, 1959)

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