Directed by:
Bernhard WickiScreenplay:
Heinz PauckCinematography:
Gerd von BoninComposer:
Hans-Martin MajewskiCast:
Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht, Karl Michael Balzer, Volker Lechtenbrink, Günther Hoffmann, Cordula Trantow, Wolfgang Stumpf (more)Plots(1)
In the last days of World War II in 1945, seven boys from a small German town are called to arms. They're proud of the fact that they can finally prove themselves and under the leadership of sergeant Heilmann take position at a completely militarily insignificant bridge in their insignificant town. But when Heilmann is inadvertently shot and one of the boys loses his life during an air raid, they're eager for revenge and decide to fight against the advancing Americans. From the bloody slaughter only one boy gets out alive. Only then does he realize how absurd was the death of his friends. (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Folker Bohnet
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
![Fritz Wepper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/063/160063275_13b6f9.jpg)
Fritz Wepper
German Empire
Best movies:
Cabaret (1972)
The Bridge (1959)
The Last Combat (1983)
![Michael Hinz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193837_3eed9d.jpg)
Michael Hinz
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Bridge (1959)
Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März (1976) (TV movie)
Frank Glaubrecht
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
The Little Polar Bear (2001)
The Commander (1988)
Karl Michael Balzer
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
![Volker Lechtenbrink](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/150/678/150678541_5221b1.jpg)
Volker Lechtenbrink
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Tatort (1970) (series)
When Santa Fell to Earth (2011)
Günther Hoffmann
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
![Cordula Trantow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/074/161074875_5fd919.jpg)
Cordula Trantow
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
The Castle (1968)
Hitler (1962)
Wolfgang Stumpf
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Signs of Life (1968)
![Günter Pfitzmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448385_94ba3f.jpg)
Günter Pfitzmann
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)
Adventure in Berlin (1952)
Heinz Spitzner
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Bridge (1959)
Again the Ringer (1965)
![Siegfried Schürenberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445110_6e02eb.jpg)
Siegfried Schürenberg
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Winnetou: The Red Gentleman (1964)
The Mysterious Magician (1964)
![Ruth Hausmeister](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/074/162074129_2942ce.jpg)
Ruth Hausmeister
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Bridge (1959)
Der Fußgänger (1973)
Eva Vaitl
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Monpti (1957)
Edith Schultze-Westrum
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Mrs Dulská's Morals (1958)
The House in Karp Lane (1965)
Hans Elwenspoek
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
Beyond the Law (1968)
![Trude Breitschopf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/558/161558744_c49944.jpg)
Trude Breitschopf
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
The Bridge (1959)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Klaus Hellmold
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)
Til Kiwe
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Longest Day (1962)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Edeltraut Elsner
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
Tatort (1970) (series)