The Bridge (Criterion Collection) (1959) On DVD

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The Bridge (Criterion Collection) (1959) On Blu-Ray

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Actors: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Genre: War
Year: 1959
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
Length: 1 hours, 43 minutes
Released: June 23, 2015
Rating: Not Rated
Format: Blu-Ray (NTSC/Region 1)
Misc: Color
Language: German
Subtitles: English
   

 


 

DESCRIPTION:

Additional Features

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
  • Review

    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.
    Actors: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz
    Director: Bernhard Wicki
    Genre: War
    Year: 1959
    Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
    Length: 1 hours, 43 minutes
    Released: June 23, 2015
    Rating: Not Rated
    Format: Blu-Ray (NTSC/Region 1)
    Misc: Color
    Language: German
    Subtitles: English
       

     


     

    DESCRIPTION:

    Additional Features

    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
  • Review

    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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