The Bridge

Name: The Bridge
Director: Boris Schreiber
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1956-12-23
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Balys Bratkauskas, Kęstutis Genys, Aldona Jodkaitė, Irena Leonavičiūtė-Bratkauskienė, Napoleonas Bernotas

1956

1h 35m

Drama War

Director: Boris Schreiber

Writer: Jonas Dovydaitis

Overview

A small Lithuanian town. The young engineer Algirdas Araminas completed the construction of the new bridge. On the day the opening was supposed to take place, the bridge was destroyed by German bombs. The war has begun. Algirdas is depressed, he gets down and starts drinking. However, when the Germans began to rebuild the bridge, he agrees to work.