The Bridge - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "The Bridge"
Die Brücke (1959)
Timing:
1:43 (103 min)
7.481/10
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7.9/10
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Actors and characters
Folker Bohnet
Character Hans Scholten
Fritz Wepper
Character Albert Mutz
Frank Glaubrecht
Character Jurgen Borchert
Karl Michael Balzer
Character Karl Horber
Volker Lechtenbrink
Character Klaus Hager
Günther Hoffmann
Character Sigi Bernhard
Cordula Trantow
Character Franziska
Wolfgang Stumpf
Character Stern
Heinz Spitzner
Character Fröhlich
Ruth Hausmeister
Character Frau Mutz
Eva Vaitl
Character Frau Borchert
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Character Mutter Bernhard
Hans Elwenspoek
Character Frost
Trude Breitschopf
Character Frau Frost
Klaus Hellmold
Character Horber
Inge Benz
Character Sigrun
Til Kiwe
Character Ritter
Edeltraut Elsner
Character Barbara
Vicco von Bülow
Character Stabsweldfebel
Georg Lehn
Character Stabsweldfebel
Heini Göbel
Character Feldwebel Verpflegung
Alexander Hunzinger
Character Gefreiter
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the novel of the same name by Gregor Dorfmeister (published under the pseudonym Manfred Gregor).
- The film was released in Soviet cinemas from 1962 under the title «A Heavy Reckoning».
- The film was shot in the Bavarian town of Kam. The bridge itself was named after Florian Geyer, and in 1994 it was destroyed and a new one was built in its place.
- None of the tanks shown in the film were real. By 1959, the Bundeswehr was only just beginning to form and did not have any tanks at all. Bernhard Wicki solved this by mounting wooden models on car chassis.
- Footage from the film is often shown as wartime newsreel footage. For example, in the Soviet television film «Seventeen Moments of Spring» (episodes 7, 8).
- The original novel is largely an autobiography of Gregor himself: on May 1, 1945, Gregor (who was then 16 years old) and seven other boys were assigned to guard the Bad Tölz entrance bridge against Allied troops. During that day, five of the eight boys were killed. Gregor fled the next day, while the two remaining continued to defend the bridge. Later, Gregor returned to the bridge and discovered that they had been killed as well.
- The 336th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht, in which the characters supposedly served, actually ceased to exist in 1945, ending its days in May 1944 in Sevastopol.
- The film was shown in Soviet cinemas from 1962 under the title "Heavy Reckoning".
- Footage from the film is often shown as newsreel footage of the war years. For example, in the Soviet television film "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (episodes 7, 8).
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