Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: October 21, 1959
Runtime: 103 minutes
Genres: Drama, History, War
Original Language: DE
Rating: ⭐ 7.5/10 (182 votes)
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Cast
Folker Bohnet
Hans Scholten
Fritz Wepper
Albert Mutz
Michael Hinz
Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht
Jurgen Borchert
Volker Lechtenbrink
Klaus Hager
Günther Hoffmann
Sigi Bernhard
Cordula Trantow
Franziska
Wolfgang Stumpf
Stern
Günter Pfitzmann
Heilmann
Heinz Spitzner
Fröhlich
Siegfried Schürenberg
Lieutenant Colonel
Ruth Hausmeister
Frau Mutz
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Mutter Bernhard
Til Kiwe
Ritter
Edeltraut Elsner
Barbara
Vicco von Bülow
Stabsweldfebel
Georg Lehn
Stabsweldfebel
Johannes Buzalski
Wounded Soldier
Heini Göbel
Feldwebel Verpflegung