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The Bridge
The Bridge
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THE BRIDGE

Die Brücke

Directed by Bernhard Wicki
West Germany, 1959
Drama, War

Synopsis

A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of WWII. 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 it.

Synopsis

A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of WWII. 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 it.