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The Bridge at Remagen

  • 19691969
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  • 1h 55m
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Ben Gazzara and George Segal in The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?
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As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
9.8K
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POPULARITY
10,993
902
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    • Director
      • John Guillermin
    • Writers
      • Richard Yates(screenplay)
      • William Roberts(screenplay)
      • Roger O. Hirson(story)
    • Stars
      • George Segal
      • Robert Vaughn
      • Ben Gazzara
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    • Director
      • John Guillermin
    • Writers
      • Richard Yates(screenplay)
      • William Roberts(screenplay)
      • Roger O. Hirson(story)
    • Stars
      • George Segal
      • Robert Vaughn
      • Ben Gazzara
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    • 82User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews

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    Ben Gazzara, George Segal, and Robert Vaughn in The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
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    Ben Gazzara, George Segal, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, Tom Heaton, and Steve Sandor in The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
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    Anna Gaël in The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
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    George Segal in The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
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    George Segal
    George Segal
    • Lt. Phil Hartman
    Robert Vaughn
    Robert Vaughn
    • Maj. Paul Krueger
    Ben Gazzara
    Ben Gazzara
    • Sgt. Angelo
    Bradford Dillman
    Bradford Dillman
    • Maj. Barnes
    E.G. Marshall
    E.G. Marshall
    • Brig. Gen. Shinner
    Peter van Eyck
    Peter van Eyck
    • Gen. Von Brock
    • (as Peter Van Eyck)
    Hans Christian Blech
    Hans Christian Blech
    • Capt. Carl Schmidt
    Heinz Reincke
    Heinz Reincke
    • Holzgang
    Joachim Hansen
    Joachim Hansen
    • Capt. Otto Baumann
    Sonja Ziemann
    Sonja Ziemann
    • Greta Holzgang
    Anna Gaël
    Anna Gaël
    • French Girl
    • (as Anna Gael)
    Vít Olmer
    Vít Olmer
    • Lt. Zimring
    • (as Vit Olmer)
    Bo Hopkins
    Bo Hopkins
    • Cpl. Grebs
    Robert Logan
    Robert Logan
    • Pvt. Bissell
    Matt Clark
    Matt Clark
    • Cpl. Jellicoe
    Steve Sandor
    Steve Sandor
    • Pvt. Slavek
    Frank Webb
    Frank Webb
    • Pvt. Glover
    Tom Heaton
    Tom Heaton
    • Lt. Pattison
    • Director
      • John Guillermin
    • Writers
      • Richard Yates(screenplay)
      • William Roberts(screenplay)
      • Roger O. Hirson(story)
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    • Trivia
      Filming in Czechoslovakia was interrupted by the Soviet invasion of August 1968. Cast and crew were taken to safety in a convoy of 28 taxis, except for Robert Logan, who stayed behind with film gear in order to capture the invasion on film and photo. According to the book "Bill Collins Presents The Golden Years of Hollywood", a half-replica of the bridge was built near Castelgandolfo, the Pope's summer residence south of Rome, and the film was completed in Hamburg (Germany) and various Italian locations. In 2007, BBC Radio aired "Solo Behind The Iron Curtain" a drama based on the invasion, starring Robert Vaughn as himself.
    • Goofs
      Toward the end of the film Maj. Paul Krüger makes his way back to army high command to speak with Generaloberst von Brock when he is arrested by the SS. Outside the Wehrmacht (Army) HQ, Several SS officers are seen wearing the famous 1930's era black SS uniforms. This is a very common mistake in many WW2 films. The Black SS uniforms were discontinued at the start of the war in 1939 and replaced by the green/grey uniform. Only Waffen SS tank crews wore black uniforms in combat. This was not, however, the all-black uniform worn by the pre-war SS, but rather a short, black waist-cut coat similar in style to that worn by tank crews in the Wehrmacht.
    • Quotes

      [Kreuger is offered a last cigarette before he is executed by firing squad. He and the Nazi Officer hear planes]

      Major Paul Kreuger: Ours or theirs?

      Nazi Officer: Enemy planes, sir.

      Major Paul Kreuger: But who is the enemy?

    • Connections
      Featured in An Officer and a Movie: Bridge at Remagen (2011)

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    7/10
    One of the most intelligent and best of the sixties war movies , well performed and finely directed
    Spectacular and exciting warlike movie based on famous event about the Bridge at Remagen . This Blockbuster is one of the biggest war films ever made. It's a magnificent film, recreating the known offensive by Allied army on the German front during 1945 .What happened during those desperate days that could have changed the course of war is now history . It's well recreated by John Guillermin for United Artists, with Technicolor cinematography by Stanley Cortez. The producer, David L Wolper was well-qualified for his job as he made documentary as ¨D-Day ,6 June, 1944¨ and produced ¨The Devil's brigade¨ , among others. Stirring images accompanied with roaring battle noises it quite possible for the sound effects you heard today to be as realistic as those he heard when was listening to them whining overhead.Furthermore , it packs a moving musical score in military parade style composed by the master Elmer Berstein. The making was a logistical problem as almost that of setting up a campaign and putting a film together under any circumstances was very difficult because working under pretty bad conditions. So this whole film was put together, photographed and edited, scored and prepared for release in a matter of about various months. After a daring escape from Czechoslovakia where was shot at Davle and Most , filming was resumed near Hamburg, Germany and closely the Pope's summer house, Castelgondolfo, Italy.

    The film is based on real events, though the characters are fictitious, those are the following : The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen—the last standing on the Rhine was captured by soldiers of the U.S. 9th Armored Division on 7 March 1945, during Operation Lumberjack. Although German engineers had mined the bridge before the American approach, the fuses had been cut by two Polish engineers forcibly conscripted to the Wehrmacht. On 7 March 1945, soldiers of the 27th Armored Infantry Battalion, led by Lieutenant Karl H. Timmermann,(at the movie Phil Hartman well played by George Segal) approached the bridge, and found it standing. The first American soldier across the bridge was Sergeant Alex Drabik (at the film bears similar role played by Ben Gazzara as corrupt sergeant Angelo) ; Lt. Timmermann was the first officer across. Although the bridge's capture is sometimes regarded as the "Miracle of Remagen" in U.S. histories, historians debate the strategic importance of the capture of the bridge at Remagen. General Eisenhower ( in the movie a similar character is played by E.G. Marshall as General Shinner) said that "the bridge is worth its weight in gold". However, few U.S. units were able to operate east of the Rhine ahead of the main crossings in the south, under Gens. Patton and Bradley, and in the north, under Gen. Montgomery . Ultimately, only a limited number of troops were able to cross the Rhine before the bridge's collapse. However, the psychological advantage of having crossed the Rhine in force and in pursuit of the retreating Wehrmacht, improved Allied morale while communicating disaster to the retreating Germans. Hitler ordered a flying courts-martial that condemned five officers to death. Captain Bratge, who was in American hands, was sentenced in absentia while the other four (Majors Scheller, Kraft, and Strobel, and Captain Peters , respectively played by Robert Vaughan as Major Kruger and Hans Chritian Blech as Captain Carl Schmidt ) were subsequently executed . Soldiers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked long hours to stabilize and repair the bridge . However, despite the best U.S. efforts, on 17 March 1945, ten days after its capture, the Bridge at Remagen succumbed to the cumulative damage from German bombing and collapsed, killing twenty-eight soldiers of the Army Corps of Engineers. However, because the pontoon bridges and other secured crossing points had supplanted the bridge, its loss was neither tactically nor strategically significant. Still, the Ludendorff Bridge remained important as the first point at which Allies crossed the Rhine.
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    • Release date
      • October 23, 1969 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Die Brücke von Remagen
    • Filming locations
      • Most, Czech Republic
    • Production company
      • Wolper Pictures
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      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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