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Title: The Bridge
Condition: New
Format: Blu-ray
EAN: 0715515149310
Release Date: 23/06/2015
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The astonishing The Bridge, by Bernhard Wicki (The Longest Day), was the first major antiwar film to come out of Germany after World War II, as well 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 follows a group of teenage boys in a small town as they contend with everyday matters like school, girls, and parents, before enlisting as soldiers and being forced to defend their home turf in a confused, terrifying battle. This expressively shot, emotionally bruising drama dared to humanize young German soldiers at a historically tender moment, and proved influential for the coming generation of New German Cinema auteurs.

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The astonishing The Bridge, by Bernhard Wicki (The Longest Day), was the first major antiwar film to come out of Germany after World War II, as well 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 follows a group of teenage boys in a small town as they contend with everyday matters like school, girls, and parents, before enlisting as soldiers and being forced to defend their home turf in a confused, terrifying battle. This expressively shot, emotionally bruising drama dared to humanize young German soldiers at a historically tender moment, and proved influential for the coming generation of New German Cinema auteurs.

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BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

* New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
* New interview with writer Gregor Dorfmeister, on whose autobiographical novel the film is based
* New interview with filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff about the film’s impact on German cinema
* Interview from 1989 with director Bernhard Wicki
* Excerpt from a 2007 documentary by Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss, Wicki’s wife, featuring test reel footage from the shoot
* PLUS: An essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty



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Country/Region of Manufacture: USA
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
Language: German
Subtitle Language: English
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Actor: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz
Rating: MPAA Not Rated
No Of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hour and 43 minutes
Region Code: Blu-ray: A (Americas, Southeast Asia...)
Release Year: 2015

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