Record Number |
79797 |
Country |
Germany |
Title |
The Last Bridge = Die letzte Brücke (DVD) [videorecording] |
Distributor |
Goethe-Institut 1954 |
Description |
DVD (98 min.) sound,black and white/monochrome; 4 3/4 in. |
Notes |
DVD released 2005 |
Contents |
PAL format / Region 0 (all) |
Credits |
Director : Helmut Kautner ; Screenplay Helmut Kautner & Norbert Kunze |
Subtitles |
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian,Arabic, Japanese. |
Cast |
Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki, Barbara Rutting , Carl Mohner, HorstHachler, Tilla Durieux |
Summary |
The story of Helga, a young German doctor, who is stationed at a field hospital in the Balkans during World War II. One day, she is kidnapped by Yugoslavian partisans, and though she first tries to escape, her duty as a doctor makes her stay. Then typhoid breaks out in the partisans' camp, and Helga smuggles the much-needed medication out of the German field hospital. The bridge which separates the enemy camps becomes a poignant symbol for the senselessness of the war. Maria Schell, an actress particularly well-known for her melodramatic roles, portrays with great sensitivity the conflicts of a doctor trapped 'between two fronts'. |
Subjects |
Revolutionaries -- Yugoslavia -- Drama |
War films |
Feature films -- Germany |
Yugoslavia -- History |
War |
Feature films |
World War, 1939-1945 |
War -- Drama |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Drama |
Nurses -- Drama |
Language |
German |
Added Names |
Kautner, Helmut, 1908-1980 |
Access Note |
Manual Restriction |