Chinese Version

Die Brücke (West Germany)

The Bridge

Dazed young Nazi

Director: Bernhard Wicki

Cast: Fritz Wepper   Michael Hinz   Frank Glaubrecht

Footage: 106min

Year: 1959 

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.

References:

Bridge, The (Bruecke, Die)