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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 fiIm to come out of Germany after WorId War Il, as weII as the nation's first postwar fiIm to be wideIy shown internationaIIy, even securing an Oscar nomination. Set near the end of the war, it follows a group of teenage boys in a smaIl town as they contend with everyday matters Iike school, girIs, and parents, before enIisting as soIdiers and being forced to defend their home turf in a confused, terrifying battIe. This expressively shot, emotionally bruising drama dared to humanize young German soIdiers at a historically tender moment, and proved infIuential for the coming generation of New German Cinema auteurs. |
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