Country: West Germany
Language: English
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Writers: Manfred Gregor, Michael Mansfeld, Heinz Pauck
Stars: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar, 16 wins & 2 nominations total
Duration: 1h 43m
A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge.
In 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.
