The Last Bridge

The Last Bridge
Film poster
Directed by	Helmut Käutner
Written by	Helmut Käutner Norbert Kunze Helmuth Ashley Rados Novakovic
Produced by	Carl Szokoll
Starring	Maria Schell Bernhard Wicki Barbara Rütting
Cinematography	Elio Carniel
Edited by	Hermine Diethelm Paula Dvorak
Music by	Karl de Groof
Production companies	Cosmopol-Film UFUS
Distributed by	Columbia Film
Release date	11 February 1954 (1954-02-11)
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	Austria Yugoslavia
Language	German

The Last Bridge (German: Die Letzte Brücke) is a 1954 Austrian-Yugoslavian war drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki and Barbara Rütting. The film was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

A German nurse is captured by Yugoslav partisans, and with her devotion to medical duty finds herself with divided loyalty to both sides of the conflict.

Production

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Pischinger and Wolf Witzemann. Location shooting took place in Mostar, Počitelj and other locations along the Neretva valley in Bosnia.

Cast

• Maria Schell as Dr. Helga Reinbeck
• Bernhard Wicki as Boro
• Barbara Rütting as Milica
• Carl Möhner as Martin Berger
• Pavle Mincić as Momcillo
• Horst Hächler as Leutnant Scherer
• Robert Meyn as Stabsartz Dr. Rottsieper
• Zvonko Žungul as Partisan Sava
• Tilla Durieux as Mara
• Fritz Eckhardt as Tilleke
• Janez Vrhovec as Partisan Vlaho
• Walter Regelsberger as Nachrichtensoldat
• Steffie Schwarz as Oberschwester
• Bata Stojanović as Partisan
• Stevo Petrović as Partisan Ratko
• Milan Nesić as Partisan
• Franz Eichberger as Gebirgsjäger
• Heinrich Einsiedel as Gebirgsjäger
• Pero Kostić as Partisan

Bibliography

• Von Dassanowsky, Robert . Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.

External links

• The Last Bridge at IMDb
• The Last Bridge at filmportal.de/en