The Bridge (1959): Difference between revisions
The Bridge (1959): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Bridge (1959): Difference between revisions
Military policemen and German officers carry the [[MP40]]. Also, protagonist Jϋrgen Borchert ([[Jürgen Glaubrecht]]) uses an MP40 instead of his original weapon - an [[MP44]] - when firing his gun.
Military policemen and German officers carry the [[MP40]]. Also, protagonist Jϋrgen Borchert ([[Frank Glaubrecht]]) uses an MP40 instead of his original weapon - an [[MP44]] - when firing his gun.
[[File:bridge_35_sm.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A German Military Policemen firing an MP40]]
[[File:bridge_35_sm.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A German Military Policemen firing an MP40]]
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The Bridge (1959)
The Bridge (German title: Die Brücke) is a 1959 WWII film based on the novel by Manfred Gregor and directed by Bernhard Wicki. Set during the final months of the war in Europe when the Germans conscripted teenagers and old men to defend the crumbling Reich, the film focuses seven teens who are abandoned by the retreating, demoralized Wehrmacht to defend a worthless bridge against advancing Americans. The film was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film in 1960 and is considered by many to be the greatest German film about World War II and among the greatest anti-war films of all time. An eponymous remake was released for television in 2008.
The following weapons appear in the film The Bridge:
Military policemen and German officers carry the MP40. Also, protagonist Jϋrgen Borchert (Frank Glaubrecht) uses an MP40 instead of his original weapon - an MP44 - when firing his gun.
Jϋrgen Borchert (Frank Glaubrecht) uses a Sturmgewehr 44 as a sniper rifle. However, during actual shooting scenes the MP44 inexplicably trades place with an MP40.
Hans Scholten (Folker Bohnet), Albert Mutz (Fritz Wepper), Karl Horber (Karl Michael Balzer) and Klaus Hager (Volker Lechtenbrink) fire an MG42 during the defense of the bridge. Another one is mounted in the hull of a mocked up Sherman tank.
