THE BRIDGE (BLU-RAY)

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• Release Year: 1959
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: Bernhard Wicki's astonishing The Bridge was the first major antiwar film to come out of Germany after World War Il, as well as the nation's first postwar film to be widely shown internationally, even securing an Oscar nomination. Set near the end of the conflict, it follows a group of teenage boys in a small town as they contend with everyday matters like school, girls, and parents, before enlisting as soldiers and being forced to defend their home turf in a confused, terrifying battle. This expressively shot, emotionally bruising drama dared to humanize young German soldiers at a historically tender moment, and proved influential for the coming generation of New German Cinema auteurs.;
• Cast: Heinz Spitzner, Cordula Trantow, Karl Michael Balzer, Hans Elwenspoek, Kurt Habernoll, Frank Glaubrecht, Heini Göbel, Siegfried Schürenberg, Wolfgang Stumpf, Alexander Hunzinger, Folker Bohnet, Günter Hoffmann, Til Kiwe, Edeltraut Elsner, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Ruth Hausmeister, Klaus Hellmold, Johannes Buzalski, Volker Lechtenbrink, Emil Huneck, Hans Oettl, Günter Pfitzmann, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Trude Breitschopf, Inge Benz, Eva Vaitl, Herma Hochwarter, Vicco von Bülow, Bernhard Wicki, Manfred Gregor, Michael Mansfeld, Karl-Wilhelm Vivier, Hermann Schwerin, Gerd von Bonin, Carl Otto Bartning, Hans-Martin Majewski, Willi Schwadorf, Heinrich Graf Brühl, Peter Scharff
• Director: Bernhard Wicki
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Deutsche Film Hansa, Fono Film, TAURUSFILM, Beta Film GmbH, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie