The Bridge - Special Edition ( Blu-ray - Criterion Collection 06-23-2015 )

Bernhard Wicki's directorial debut, this is an excellent little film with little plot and no known names on the roster. In the final days of World War II, German teenagers join the Nazi army in a futile attempt to stop the enemy invasion. A sympathetic officer places the boys as guards of a seemingly unimportant bridge. The seven youths are thrown into battle when American tanks unexpectedly appear and try to cross the bridge. The film has a definite anti-war message.

Condition: NEW

Actors: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz
Directors: Bernhard Wicki
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
NR
Not Rated
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: June 23, 2015
Run Time: 103 minutes

Cast & Crew

Fritz Wepper Mutz
Michael Hinz Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht Jurgen Borchert
Karl Michael Balzer Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink Klaus Hager
Cordula Trantow Franziska
Gunter Pfitzmann Cpl. Heilmann
Folker Bohnet Actor
Ruth Hausmeister Mrs. Mutz
Siegfried Schürenberg Lt. Colonel
Wolfgang Stumpf Stern
Edith Schultze-Westrum Mrs. Bernhard
Vicco Von Buelow Actor
Hans Elwenspoek Mr. Forst

Technical Credits

Bernhard Wicki Director,Screenwriter
C.O. Bartning Editor
Gerd von Bonin Cinematographer
Erwin C. Dietrich Screenwriter
Hans-Martin Majewski Score Composer
Michael Mansfeld Screenwriter
Hermann Schwerin Producer
Karl-Wilhelm Vivier Screenwriter