A group of German boys are 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. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.
Stars: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht, Karl Michael Balzer, Volker Lechtenbrink
Crew: Karl-Wilhelm Vivier (Screenplay), Gerd von Bonin (Director of Photography), Carl Otto Bartning (Editor), Bernhard Wicki (Screenplay), Willi Schwadorf (Sound Designer), Bernhard Wicki (Director)
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch
Studio: Fono Film, Taurus Produktion
Runtime: 103 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 21, 1959
IMDb: 3.5
Keywords:small town, nazi, steel helmet, war crimes, firearm, bridge, dead soldier, us army, teenage boy, american abroad, anti war, shot, children in wartime
