The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge at Remagen is a 1969 DeLuxe Color war film in Panavision starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara, and Robert Vaughn. The film, which was directed by John Guillermin, was shot in Czechoslovakia. It is based on the nonfiction book The Bridge at Remagen: The Amazing Story of March 7, 1945 by writer and U.S. Representative Ken Hechler. The screenplay was adapted by Richard Yates and William Roberts.
Plot
The film opens with the United States Army failing to capture the still-intact Oberkassel railway bridge in the last weeks of World War II. Lieutenant Hartman (George Segal) is an experienced and war-weary platoon leader in the 9th Armored Division. After the death of his company commander, he's promoted to replace him and continue the advance to Remagen. The Allied commanders expect the bridge there to be destroyed and promise to let Hartman and his men rest once they're reached the Rhine River. Major Paul Krueger (Robert Vaughn) of the German Army is assigned to command the defence of the Remagen bridge by Colonel General von Brock (Peter van Eyck), whose own orders are to destroy it immediately. The general instead gives Krueger a verbal order to keep the bridge open for retreating units of the German 15th Army who are otherwise trapped west of the river.
Cast
- Anna Gaël
- Ben Gazzara
- Bo Hopkins
- Bradford Dillman
- E. G. Marshall
- George Segal
- Günter Meisner
- Hans Christian Blech
- Heinz Reincke
- Jan Schánilec
- Jaroslav Tomsa
- Joachim Hansen
- Karel Fiala
- Karel Mareš
- Matt Clark
- Peter van Eyck
- Richard Münch
- Robert Logan
- Robert Vaughn
- Rolf Jahncke
- Rudolf Jelínek
- Sonja Ziemann
- Tom Heaton
- Vít Olmer
- Vladimír T. Gottwald
- Zdeněk Braunschläger
More details
| author | Richard Yates William Roberts |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Germany |
| director | John Guillermin |
| editor | William Cartwright |
| events | World War II |
| genre | western |
| keywords | 15th army arrest build combat engineer end engineer explosive explosives engineering firing squad german army m24 chaffee meckenheim missing in action platoon leader rhine river river river barge schutzstaffel tank trap united states army west |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein |
| producer | David L. Wolper |
| productionCompany | David L. Wolper |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Czech Republic |
| theme | war |