The Bridge [1566] Released: 1959-10-21 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 103 mins Popularity: 1.2872 Vote Average: 7.5 Vote Count: 177 Overview: 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. Cast [26] Folker BohnetHans Scholten Fritz WepperAlbert Mutz Michael HinzWalter Forst Frank GlaubrechtJurgen Borchert Karl Michael BalzerKarl Horber Volker LechtenbrinkKlaus Hager Günther HoffmannSigi Bernhard Cordula TrantowFranziska Wolfgang StumpfStern Günter PfitzmannHeilmann Heinz SpitznerFröhlich Siegfried SchürenbergLieutenant Colon Ruth HausmeisterFrau Mutz Eva VaitlFrau Borchert Edith Schultze-WestrumMutter Bernhard Hans ElwenspoekFrost Trude BreitschopfFrau Frost Klaus HellmoldHorber Inge BenzSigrun Til KiweRitter Edeltraut ElsnerBarbara Vicco von BülowStabsweldfebel Georg LehnStabsweldfebel Johannes BuzalskiWounded Soldier Heini GöbelFeldwebel Verpfl Alexander HunzingerGefreiter Trailers Three Reasons: The Bridge