The Bridge
Jun 20 2008
•2h 40m
•TV Movie, History, War
A group of German boys is 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.
Cast
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François Goeske
Albert Mutz
Franka Potente
Elfie Bauer
Lars Steinhöfel
Walter Forst
Robert Höller
Klaus Schröder
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