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Criterion Collection: Bridge (Die Brücke)
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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| Bernhard Wicki's astonishing The Bridge was the first major antiwar film to come out of Germany after World War lI, as welI as the nation's first postwar film to be widely shown internationally, even securing an Oscar nomination. Set near the end of the war, it foIIows a group of teenage boys in a smaIl town as they contend with everyday matters like schooI, girls, and parents, before enIisting as soldiers and being forced to defend their home turf in a confused, terrifying battIe. This expressively shot, emotionaIIy bruising drama dared to humanize young German soIdiers at a historically tender moment, and proved influentiaI for the coming generation of New German Cinema auteurs. |
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