In 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.
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Title: The Bridge (1959)
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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. Written by Miranda Callahan
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Country:
West GermanyRelease Date:
1 May 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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I lived through that time, I was seventeen, and I know fourteen year olds were fighting to the last " boy ". The realism of this film still takes me back to '45. It happened that way.