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The Bridge

1959 film directed by Bernhard Wicki
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Summary

The Bridge is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,508 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film[3], Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film[4], German Film Award for Best Direction[5], German Film Award for Best Feature Film[6]
  • Director: Bernhard Wicki[7]
  • Screenwriter: Bernhard Wicki[8], Michael Mansfeld[9]
  • Composer: Hans-Martin Majewski[10]
  • Genre: drama film[11], war film[12]
  • Based on: Die Brücke[13]
  • Cast member: Fritz Wepper[14], Michael Hinz[15], Folker Bohnet[16], Cordula Trantow[17], Frank Glaubrecht[18], Volker Lechtenbrink[19], Günther Hoffmann[20], Edith Schultze-Westrum[21], Wolfgang Stumpf[22], Günter Pfitzmann[23], Loriot[24], Heinz Spitzner[25], Siegfried Schürenberg[26], Ruth Hausmeister[27]
  • Producer: Hermann Schwerin[28]
  • Director of photography: Gerd von Bonin[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: German[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 8/10[32], 100%[33]
  • Color: black-and-white[34]
  • Country of origin: Germany[35]
  • Publication date: October 22, 1959[36]
  • Narrative location: Germany[37]
  • Main subject: World War II[38], child soldier[39]
  • Film editor: Carl Otto Bartning[40]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[41], International Submission to the Academy Awards[42]
  • Title: Die Brücke[43]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[44]
  • Duration: 103 minutes[45]
  • Set in period: Avril 1945 (guerre mondiale)[46]

Why It Matters

The Bridge has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

FAQs

What awards did The Bridge receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film[3], Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film[4], German Film Award for Best Direction[5], and German Film Award for Best Feature Film[6].

Related Entities

Bernhard Wicki film Germany Loriot

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . filmportal.de. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Letterboxd. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
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  2. 6w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 10232
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  5. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → Avril 1945 (guerre mondiale)
    Publication date → +1959-10-22T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Bernhard Wicki, Michael Mansfeld
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+103'}
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