The Last Bridge

102 minutesCountriesAustria
YugoslaviaLanguageGerman

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.^[1] It tells the story of a German nurse who is captured by Yugoslav partisans, and with her devotion to medical duty finds herself with divided loyalty to both sides of the conflict. The film was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

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

References

Bibliography

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

External links

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