...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
The Bridge (1959)
- 159 statements
- 30 feature instances
- 5 referencing feature instances
| The Bridge (1959) | type |
TVTItem | |
| The Bridge (1959) | label |
The Bridge (1959) | |
| The Bridge (1959) | page |
TheBridge1959 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | comment |
The Bridge (Die Brücke) is a 1959 film from West Germany, directed by Bernhard Wicki.It is late April, 1945, and World War II is almost over. The shooting hasn't stopped yet, however, and the residents of one small town in southern Germany are acutely aware that the Americans are getting quite close. The film centers on seven boys in their mid-teens: Hans, Albert, Walter, Jurgen, Karl, Klaus, and Sigi. The boys are schoolmates and friends. Hans is a refugee from urban bombing. Walter's father is the local Nazi party boss. Karl has a crush on the sexy girl who works at his father's hair salon. Klaus has a budding romance with his classmate Franciska. Jurgen's father was killed in action in the war. Sigi is the smallest and often gets teased by his buddies.The boys are wrapped up in the usual teen angst and drama, with a little extra excitement caused by the war, which they're tracking with pins on the maps in their classroom. However, fun and games suddenly end when the boys are drafted into the Wehrmacht. After barely a day of military training, they are thrown into the defense of their local bridge, with tragic consequences.Vicco von Bulow, aka "Loriot" the German comedian, has a small part as a Wehrmacht soldier.Does not feature trope The Bridge. Not to be confused with The Bridge (2011), or its American remake The Bridge (US), or fanfic The Bridge (MLP), or video game The Bridge (2013), or podcast The Bridge (2016). | |
| The Bridge (1959) | fetched |
2023-06-15T02:59:07Z | |
| The Bridge (1959) | parsed |
2023-06-15T02:59:07Z | |
| The Bridge (1959) | processingComment |
Dropped link to TheInquisitorGeneral: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
| The Bridge (1959) | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1235f055 | type |
Dirty Coward | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1235f055 | comment |
Dirty Coward: Walter's father, the local Nazi Party boss, who bleats platitudes about "final victory" but gets the hell out of town when the Americans get too close. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1235f055 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1235f055 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_1235f055 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1c445e86 | type |
Poor Communication Kills | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1c445e86 | comment |
Poor Communication Kills: Twice Stg. Heilmann casually strolls to the town to get some coffee for the boys and himself. He is stopped by two MPs who quickly decide to declare him a deserter and gun him down before he can mention anything about the situation or his current task of babysitting a group of boys. This indirectly leads to almost everyone of the "bridge defenders" dying. Once they figure out they are facing Child Soldiers, the Americans would rather just tell the boys to simply surrender, but none of them knows enough German to do so and one of them gets gunned down precisely due to poor word choice. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1c445e86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1c445e86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_1c445e86 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1e584efa | type |
Cruel and Unusual Death | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1e584efa | comment |
Cruel and Unusual Death: The American soldier who dies in agony on the bridge after Karl shoots his guts out. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1e584efa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_1e584efa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_1e584efa | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_222df7f7 | type |
Lowered Recruiting Standards | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_222df7f7 | comment |
Lowered Recruiting Standards: Hitler was running out of men so he lowered them about as far as they could go, sending out innocent schoolboys to be slaughtered. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_222df7f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_222df7f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_222df7f7 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_23ff95fb | type |
Brutal Honesty | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_23ff95fb | comment |
Brutal Honesty: | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_23ff95fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_23ff95fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_23ff95fb | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_281de59f | type |
Extremely Short Timespan | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_281de59f | comment |
Extremely Short Timespan: Appears to take place over not much more than 48 hours. There's one day when the boys are shown in town before they get their draft notices, one day when they're in training—dialogue specifies they only trained for one day-and the next morning and afternoon when they're in combat at the bridge. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_281de59f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_281de59f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_281de59f | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_2f6cbe90 | type |
Missing Backblast | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_2f6cbe90 | comment |
Missing Backblast: Played with. When one of the boys fires his Panzerfaust at an American tank from inside a house, he isn't adversely affected and is even momentarily jubilant about his success. Then he turns back towards the elderly owner of the building who was protesting from behind him only moments ago... | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_2f6cbe90 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_2f6cbe90 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_2f6cbe90 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_31c4280 | type |
Conscription | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_31c4280 | comment |
Conscription: The boys are eager enough when their draft notices arrive. Their parents are horrified, and veteran soldiers are either appalled or blackly amused when they see raw teens being trained. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_31c4280 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_31c4280 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_31c4280 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_33029735 | type |
Dies Wide Open | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_33029735 | comment |
Dies Wide Open: Several American and German soldiers. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_33029735 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_33029735 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_33029735 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_3f6d2c98 | type |
Cold Sniper | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_3f6d2c98 | comment |
Cold Sniper: The American Hero Antagonist sharpshooter which kills one of the boys. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_3f6d2c98 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_3f6d2c98 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_3f6d2c98 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_4e3d253b | type |
Downer Ending | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_4e3d253b | comment |
Downer Ending: Six of the seven boys die, for absolutely nothing. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_4e3d253b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_4e3d253b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_4e3d253b | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_4f995f60 | type |
Train-Station Goodbye | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_4f995f60 | comment |
Train-Station Goodbye: Walter does this hurriedly, after dashing to the station on a bicycle, when he finds out his mother is leaving. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_4f995f60 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_4f995f60 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_4f995f60 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_6366f900 | type |
Old Soldier | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_6366f900 | comment |
Old Soldier: Sgt. Heilmann, who is quietly amused by his fresh-faced and utterly green young charges, and is a Reasonable Authority Figure perfectly OK with keeping them out of harm's way. His death after blundering into a military patrol unleashes all the tragedy that follows. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_6366f900 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_6366f900 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_6366f900 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_648fe274 | type |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_648fe274 | comment |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: The closing title card says that the bridge battle of 27 April 1945 was so insignificant that it wasn't mentioned in any military communique. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_648fe274 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_648fe274 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_648fe274 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_7ac1f1e5 | type |
Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_7ac1f1e5 | comment |
Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: The American soldier who finds out the German soldiers are Child Soldiers; when encountering Walter, rather than shooting him upon finding him when he accidentally fatally wounds an elder civilian, he just attempted to chastise him for getting into this mess before the debris collapses on him. Then he attempted to call a cease fire to show that they Wouldn't Hurt a Child, only to get gunned down due to a Poor Communication Kills language barrier and the only German word he knows and uses ("kindergarten") turns out to be a Berserk Button for Karl who pulled the trigger. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_7ac1f1e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_7ac1f1e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_7ac1f1e5 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_9cede50e | type |
Toplessness from the Back | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_9cede50e | comment |
Toplessness from the Back: Karl gets very angry when he catches Barbara, the family's voluptuous hairdresser, having sex with his father. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_9cede50e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_9cede50e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_9cede50e | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_a293102a | type |
Eek, a Mouse!! | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_a293102a | comment |
Eek, a Mouse!!: One of the boys brings a mouse to school with the express purpose of freaking out the girls. He does manage to freak out one girl. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_a293102a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_a293102a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_a293102a | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_a90fff3 | type |
Based on a True Story | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_a90fff3 | comment |
Based on a True Story: Supposedly based on a real-life incident in which a group of teenagers defended a bridge. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_a90fff3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_a90fff3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_a90fff3 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_aed65980 | type |
All for Nothing | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_aed65980 | comment |
All for Nothing: They weren't even supposed to defend the bridge! The whole idea was to put the boys someplace safe before a demolition team arrived to blow the bridge. But due to a tragic blunder the boys are left in a pitched battle with the Americans for no reason at all. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_aed65980 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_aed65980 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_aed65980 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_b26b3e4b | type |
Faux Fluency | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_b26b3e4b | comment |
Faux Fluency: The American soldiers who shout appeals for the boys to give up sound like what they really were, namely, German actors faking American accents. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_b26b3e4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_b26b3e4b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_b26b3e4b | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_c87660d5 | type |
Get a Hold of Yourself, Man! | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_c87660d5 | comment |
Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Karl freaks out when things start getting too real and says he wants to go home. Klaus says "Pull yourself together!" and slaps him. Klaus feels bad about this a little bit later when Karl is killed. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_c87660d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_c87660d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_c87660d5 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_c9c756a8 | type |
Child Soldiers | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_c9c756a8 | comment |
Once they figure out they are facing Child Soldiers, the Americans would rather just tell the boys to simply surrender, but none of them knows enough German to do so and one of them gets gunned down precisely due to poor word choice. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_c9c756a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_c9c756a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_c9c756a8 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_cf231d54 | type |
Cool Teacher | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_cf231d54 | comment |
Cool Teacher: Stern, the boys' English teacher, who makes subtle comments indicating he's not on board with fascism. He's horrified when their draft notices come in. He later begs a German officer to keep the boys safe. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_cf231d54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_cf231d54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_cf231d54 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_d1ebedfb | type |
Armchair Military | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_d1ebedfb | comment |
Armchair Military: The boys, before they're drafted. As they're moving pins on their map and discussing tactics, the teacher asks if the General Staff can take their seats. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_d1ebedfb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_d1ebedfb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_d1ebedfb | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_dca70c44 | type |
Reasonable Authority Figure | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_dca70c44 | comment |
Reasonable Authority Figure: Surprisingly, Captain Fröhlich, the boys' CO. Recognizing that they are unsuited to combat after exactly one day of training, he arranges for them to be posted to what should be an easy station, at a bridge that is going to be blown. Then things go awry. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_dca70c44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_dca70c44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_dca70c44 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_ed503b22 | type |
Match Cut | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_ed503b22 | comment |
Match Cut: From one of the boys holding his head and agonizing after being rejected by a girl, to that same boy holding his helmet to his head as part of an army drill. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_ed503b22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_ed503b22 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_ed503b22 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_ed68bcc9 | type |
Dwindling Party | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_ed68bcc9 | comment |
Dwindling Party: All in the last half-hour of the film, as the boys get picked off one by one. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_ed68bcc9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_ed68bcc9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_ed68bcc9 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_f1d6144a | type |
War Is Hell | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_f1d6144a | comment |
War Is Hell: It is ghastly and horrible and people die. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_f1d6144a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_f1d6144a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_f1d6144a | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_f7cee9b | type |
Last Stand | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_f7cee9b | comment |
Last Stand: An utterly pointless one, as the boys go down fighting to defend a strategically irrelevant bridge that should have been demolished. | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_f7cee9b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_f7cee9b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_f7cee9b | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_name | comment |
||
| The Bridge (1959) / int_name | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_name | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
The Bridge (1959) / int_name | |
| The Bridge (1959) / int_name | itemName |
The Bridge (1959) |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
Conscription / int_63a677ec | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
Definite Article Title / int_63a677ec | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
Faux Fluency / int_63a677ec | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
Lowered Recruiting Standards / int_63a677ec | |
| The Bridge (1959) | hasFeature |
Tanks, but No Tanks / int_63a677ec |
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.