The Last Bridge
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| The Last Bridge | |
|---|---|
| File:Die Letzte Brücke.jpg Film poster | |
| Directed by | Helmut Käutner |
| Written by | Helmut Käutner Norbert Kunze Helmuth Ashley Rados Novakovic |
| Produced by | Carl Szokoll |
| Starring | Maria Schell Bernhard Wicki Barbara Rütting |
| Cinematography | Elio Carniel |
| Edited by | Hermine Diethelm Paula Dvorak |
| Music by | Karl de Groof |
Production companies | Cosmopol-Film UFUS |
| Distributed by | Columbia Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | Austria Yugoslavia |
| Language | German |
The Last Bridge (German: Die Letzte Brücke) is a 1954 Austrian-Yugoslavian war drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki and Barbara Rütting.[1] The film was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Plot
[edit | edit source]A German nurse is captured by Yugoslav partisans, and with her devotion to medical duty finds herself with divided loyalty to both sides of the conflict.
Production
[edit | edit source]The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Pischinger and Wolf Witzemann. Location shooting took place in Mostar, Počitelj and other locations along the Neretva valley in Bosnia.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Maria Schell as Dr. Helga Reinbeck
- Bernhard Wicki as Boro
- Barbara Rütting as Milica
- Carl Möhner as Martin Berger
- Pavle Mincić as Momcillo
- Horst Hächler as Leutnant Scherer
- Robert Meyn as Stabsartz Dr. Rottsieper
- Zvonko Žungul as Partisan Sava
- Tilla Durieux as Mara
- Fritz Eckhardt as Tilleke
- Janez Vrhovec as Partisan Vlaho
- Walter Regelsberger as Nachrichtensoldat
- Steffie Schwarz as Oberschwester
- Bata Stojanović as Partisan
- Stevo Petrović as Partisan Ratko
- Milan Nesić as Partisan
- Franz Eichberger as Gebirgsjäger
- Heinrich Einsiedel as Gebirgsjäger
- Pero Kostić as Partisan
References
[edit | edit source]Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Von Dassanowsky, Robert . Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.
External links
[edit | edit source]- The Last Bridge at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- The Last Bridge at filmportal.de/en
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Categories:
- 1954 films
- 1954 drama films
- 1950s war drama films
- Austrian war drama films
- Yugoslav war drama films
- 1950s German-language films
- Films directed by Helmut Käutner
- Films set in Yugoslavia during World War II
- Anti-war films about World War II
- Austrian black-and-white films
- Films set in Yugoslavia
- Austrian World War II films
- Yugoslav black-and-white films
- Films set in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- German-language war drama films
- 1950s Austrian film stubs