Die Brucke [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Bernhard Wicki Bernhard Wicki

Overview

"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."

Product Details

Release Date:	06/23/2015
UPC:	0715515149310
Original Release:	1959
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00

Special Features

New interview with writer Gregor Dorfmeister, on whose autobiographical novel the film is based; New interview with filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff about the film's impact on German cinema; Interview form 1989 with director Berrnhard Wicki; Excerpt from a 2007 documentary by Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss, Wicki's widow, featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Fritz Wepper	Albert Mutz
Michael Hinz	Walter Forst
Frank Glaubrecht	Jurgen Borchert
Fritz Vepper	Albert Mutz
Karl Michael Balzer	Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink	Klaus Hager
Guenther Hoffman	Sigi Bernhard
Cordula Trantow	Franziska
Gunter Pfitzmann	Cpl. Heilmann,Actor
Siegfried Schurenberg	Lt. Colonel
Ruth Hausmeister	Mrs. Mutz
Eva Vaitl	Mrs. Borchert
Edith Schultze-Westrum	Mrs. Bernhard
Hans Elwenspoek	Mr. Forst
Trudy Breitschopf	Mrs. Forst
Kalus Hellmold	Mr. Horber
Inge Benz	Sigrun
Edeltraut Elsner	Barbara
Folker Bohnet	Hans Scholten
Günther Hoffmann	Actor
Wolfgang Stumpf	Stern
Hans-Martin Majewski	Composer

Technical Credits

Bernhard Wicki

Michael Mansfeld

Erwin Dietrich

Karl-Wilhelm Vivier

Herman Schwerin	Producer,Producer
Bernhard Wicki	Director,Screenwriter
Michael Mansfeld	Screenwriter
Erwin Dietrich	Screenwriter
Karl-Wilhelm Vivier	Screenwriter