''The Last Bridge'' (german: Die Letzte Brücke) is a 1954 Austrian-Yugoslavian

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directed by

Helmut Käutner Helmut Käutner (25 March 1908 – 20 April 1980) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany. Käu ...

and starring

Maria Schell Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926 – 26 April 2005) was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, she was awarded the Cannes Best Actress Award for her performance ...

Bernhard Wicki Bernhard Wicki (28 October 1919 – 5 January 2000) was an Austrian actor and film director. Life and career Wicki studied in the city of Breslau such topics as art history, history and German literature. In 1938, he transferred to the d ...

and

Barbara Rütting Barbara Rütting (21 November 1927 – 28 March 2020)1954 Cannes Film Festival The 7th Cannes Film Festival was held from 25 March to 9 April 1954. With Jean Cocteau as President of the Jury, the Grand Prix went to the '' Gate of Hell'' by Teinosuke Kinugasa. The festival opened with '' Le Grand Jeu'' by Robert Siodmak. Th ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Otto Pischinger Otto Pischinger (1919–1976) was an Austrian art director who designed the sets for a large number of films during his career. In 1955 he worked on '' The Last Ten Days''.Silberman p.243 He was married to Hertha Hareiter, also an art director, un ...

and Wolf Witzemann.

Location shooting Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for ex ...

took place in

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and the Neretva valley in Bosnia.

Cast

as Dr. Helga Reinbeck *

as Boro *

Barbara Rütting Barbara Rütting (21 November 1927 – 28 March 2020)Carl Möhner Carl Martin Rudolf Möhner (11 August 1921 – 14 January 2005) was an Austrian film actor, director, screenwriter and painter. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1949 and 1976. His most famous roles were as Jo "le Suédois" in the 19 ...

as Martin Berger * Pavle Mincic as Momcillo * Horst Hächler as Leutnant Scherer *

Robert Meyn Robert Meyn (16 January 1896 – 2 March 1972) was a German stage, film and television actor.Fehrenbach p.103 Partial filmography * '' The Sinner'' (1951) - Von Hernsdorf - Marinas Stiefvater / Marina's Stepfather * ''Kommen Sie am Ersten'' (19 ...

as Stabsartz Dr. Rottsieper * Zvonko Zungul as Partisan Sava *

Tilla Durieux Tilla Durieux (born Ottilie Godeffroy; 18 August 1880 – 21 February 1971) was an Austrian theatre and film actress of the first decades of the 20th century. Early Years Born Ottilie Helene Angela Godeffroy on 18 August 1880, she was the daug ...

as Mara *

Fritz Eckhardt Fritz Eckhardt (born Linz, 30 November 1907; died Klosterneuburg, 31 December 1995) was an Austrian actor, director, and writer. He is remembered for playing the lead role as ''chief inspector Marek'' in the Österreichischer Rundfunk version o ...

as Tilleke * Janez Vrhovec as Partisan Vlaho * Walter Regelsberger as Nachrichtensoldat * Steffie Schwarz as Oberschwester * Bata Stojanovic as Partisan * Stevo Petrovic as Partisan Ratko * Milan Nesic as Partisan * Franz Eichberger as Gebirgsjäger * Heinrich Einsiedel as Gebirgsjäger * Pero Kostic as Partisan

References

Bibliography

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

External links

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