Die Brucke [Criterion Collection]

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:	0715515149419
Original Release:	1959
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	22,566

Special Features

New interview with writer Gregor Dorfmeister, on whose autobiographical novel the film is based New interview the filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff about the film's impact on German cinema Interview from 1989 with director Bernhard Wicki Excerpt form 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

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Die Brucke
1. Opening Credits [:56]
2. "They Cant' Draft Him Now" [4:00]
3. The General Staff In English Class [4:15]
4. Walter [1:32]
5. Sigi [1:52]
6. Karl [2:46]
7. Jürgen [2:04]
8. Albert And Hans [:54]
9. Klaus And Franziska [2:38]
10. Discoveries [3:07]
11. Boat Building Interrupted [3:50]
12. Sigi Is Caught [3:36]
13. The Last Evening At Home [6:13]
14. The Post Office [2:36]
15. Karl Arrives Early [1:07]
16. "Your Father Was Much Nicer Than You" [2:55]
17. "I Can't See These Boys Sacrificed So Pointlessly" [3:24]
18. Rifle Cleaning [2:54]
19. Orders From The Colonel [6:14]
20. Moving Out [2:40]
21. "But That's Our Bridge" [4:00]
22. "Show Me Your Papers" [2:07]
23. Night Watch [4:20]
24. Convoy From The Front [6:02]
25. An American Plane [4:08]
26. "Tank Alert" [6:19]
27. "Walter's Crazy!" [7:04]
28. "We Don't Fight Kids!" [3:49]
29. "I Had To Do It" [5:20]
30. Epilogue [:10]
1. Color Bars [:20]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Die Brucke
   Play The Movie
   Chapters
   Gregor Dorfmeister
   Bernhard Wicki
   Volker Schlöndorff
   Against The Grain: The Film Legend Of Bernhard Wicki
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