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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:
Walther PP
Throughout the film, Jϋrgen Borchert (Frank Glaubrecht) carries his father’s Walther PP.
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Luger P08
A German police officer challenges Corporal Heilmann (Günter Pfitzmann) with his Luger P08.
MP40
Military policemen and German officers carry the MP40.
Karabiner 98k
Wehrmacht soldiers use the Karabiner 98k.
M1 Garand
American soldiers use the M1 Garand.
M3 / M3A1 "Grease Gun"
Throughout the film, US soldiers use the M3 / M3A1 "Grease Gun"
Sturmgewehr 44
Jϋrgen Borchert (Frank Glaubrecht) uses a Sturmgewehr 44 as a sniper rifle.
MG42
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.
Panzerfaust
Walter Forst (Michael Hinz) uses the Panzerfaust to knock out several enemy tanks.
