The Bridge

The Bridge (1959)

1959-10-21 · 103 min · Rating 7.53/10 (190 votes)

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.

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

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