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Director:
Laslo Benedek
Writers:
Herbert Reinecker (novel) and
Laslo Benedek (writer)
Release Date:
4 March 1955 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Plot:
As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland"... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win more
User Comments:
Early Trial of "Die Brücke" (The Bridge) more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Hilde Krahl ... Helene Asmussen
Ewald Balser ... General
Therese Giehse ... Elfriede Bergmann
Ursula Herking ... Dr. Behrens, Ärztin
Alice Treff ... Pastorin
Beate Koepnick ... Inge
Marianne Sinclair ... Näherin
Adi Lödel ... Harald Asmussen
Dieter Straub ... Leo Bergmann
Holger Hildmann ... Sohn der Ärztin
Karl-Michael Kuntz ... Edmund, Sohn der Pastorin
Walter Lehfeld ... Werner, Sohn der Näherin
Peter Burger ... Robert, Inges Bruder
Bernhard Wicki ... Hauptmann Dornberg
Claus Biederstaedt ... Verpflegungsgefreiter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Children, Mother, and the General (International: English title)
Hauen Sie ab mit Heldentum (West Germany) (working title)
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Runtime:
Germany:110 min
Country:
West Germany
Language:
German
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:12 | Sweden:15

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Featured in Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Early Trial of "Die Brücke" (The Bridge), 25 September 2005
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Author: Werner from Munich, Germany

This was kind of a drill for "Die Brücke", the masterpiece coming some 4 years later. Several young boys have volunteered to fight with the remains of the German Army on the Eastern Front and their mothers take on a desperate journey to get them back home. This is told in black and white, with only small doses of softening and taking stand for the German cause, basically a human drama of motherly uncompromising love, officers and generals torn between duty and human common sense and boys, who feel like deserters, if they would be forced to be boys again. And also a little love story between of the widowed mothers and an Officer. Everything is there, dominating performances by Therese Giehse and Bernhard Wicki, but just a warm-up for the much more focused and uncompromising Masterpiece to follow.

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