---
title: 'The Bridge (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bernhard Wicki'
released: '1959-10-22'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bridge-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052654/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Bridge (1959)

1959 · 103 min · Drama, War · Germany

Original title: Die Brücke

## Synopsis

Die Brücke is a 1959 West German anti-war film directed by Austrian filmmaker Bernhard Wicki. It is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by journalist and writer Gregor Dorfmeister. The story was based on an actual event, upon the personal report of a surviving veteran who in his own youth experienced a similar situation in World War II.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bernhard Wicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-wicki)
- **Screenplay:** [Bernhard Wicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-wicki), [Michael Mansfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mansfeld)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans-Martin Majewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-martin-majewski)
- **Producer:** [Hermann Schwerin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-schwerin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gerd von Bonin](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerd-von-bonin)
- **Editor:** [Carl Otto Bartning](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-otto-bartning)

## Cast

- [Heini Göbel](https://cinepixo.com/people/heini-gobel)
- [Siegfried Schürenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-schurenberg)
- [Ruth Hausmeister](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-hausmeister)
- [Hans Elwenspoek](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-elwenspoek)
- [Georg Lehn](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-lehn)
- [Edeltraut Elsner](https://cinepixo.com/people/edeltraut-elsner)
- [Folker Bohnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/folker-bohnet)
- [Eva Vaitl](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-vaitl)
- [Frank Glaubrecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-glaubrecht)
- [Cordula Trantow](https://cinepixo.com/people/cordula-trantow)
- [Günther Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-hoffmann)
- [Buck Henry](https://cinepixo.com/people/buck-henry)
- [Michael Hinz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hinz)
- [Trude Breitschopf](https://cinepixo.com/people/trude-breitschopf)
- [Fritz Wepper](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-wepper)

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