Die Brücke

BR Deutschland 1959 Spielfilm

The Bridge

Germany, April 1945. In a small German town a group of high school kids are conscripted into the army during the last mobilization of the war – even though American troops have already broken through the German lines. The school kids are to defend a supposedly „strategic“ bridge.

Their teacher tries in vain to convince the commanding officer of its pointlessness. The school kids, however, feel euphoric, and are indeed disappointed that they are not being sent to the front. After waiting wearingly at the bridge, the enemy are finally sighted. In the ensuing battle almost all their friends are killed. With a German commando sent shortly thereafter to blow up the bridge, the survivors realize that all their fallen comrades have died wholly in vain.

 

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Shoot

    • Mai 1959 - Juni 1959: Cham und Umgebung (Oberpfalz)
Duration:
2813 m, 103 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.04.1966, 20762 [2. FSK-Prüfung];
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 08.10.1959, 20762, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 22.10.1959, Mannheim, Alster-Lichtspiele;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 27.10.1969, ZDF

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Die Brücke

Versions

Original

Duration:
2813 m, 103 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 27.04.1966, 20762 [2. FSK-Prüfung];
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 08.10.1959, 20762, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 22.10.1959, Mannheim, Alster-Lichtspiele;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 27.10.1969, ZDF

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 1989
  • Filmband in Gold, Sonderpreis "40 Jahre Bundesrepublik Deutschland"
David O. Selznick-Preis 1961
  • Silberner Lorbeer
Deutscher Filmpreis 1960
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste weibliche Nebenrolle
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste Nachwuchsschauspielerin
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste Filmmusik
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste Regie
  • Wanderpreis Goldene Schale in der Kategorie bester abendfüllender Spielfilm, Bester abendfüllender Spielfilm
Bambi 1960
  • künstlerisch wertvollster deutscher Film 1959
Golden Globe Award 1960
  • Golden Globe, Bester fremdsprachiger Film
1960
  • Preis des Senats von Berlin
Auszeichnung der Vereinten Nationen für Verdienste um den Frieden 1960
Academy Awards 1960
  • Nominierung, Bester ausländischer Film
IFF Valladolid 1960
  • Espigna de Plata
IFF Mar del Plata 1960
  • FIPRESCI-Preis
  • Großer Preis
Berlinale 1960
  • Deutscher Jugendfilmpreis
Verband der Deutschen Filmkritik 1960
  • Beste Filmmusik
  • Beste Regie, Bester deutscher Film