Academy Awards, USA 1960
| Nominee Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film Germany |
Allied Artists
Directed by Bernhard Wicki
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
German teens in the waning days of WWII fantasize about going to war. They go about their daily lives dealing with various uninteresting personal problems. Eventually they are drafted and after only one day called into action. While marching out of town, their school teacher convinces their commander to let them guard the town's bridge, safe from harm. They begrudgingly follow orders, but are left alone when their commander is killed by local radicals. A US tank column and ground troops soon arrive, and the teens confront them despite overwhelming odds. A fierce ground fight ensues in which most of them are killed. Somewhat obvious war drama, made in Germany, but the first hour or so is bogged down in teenage melodrama, and even the final battle is marred by some unnecessary gore.
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