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The Bridge

1956 · 95 min

A somber, slow-burning wartime drama that lingers on despair and quiet moral compromise.

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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • grief
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Boris Schreiber
Written by
Jonas Dovydaitis
Starring
Balys Bratkauskas, Kęstutis Genys, Aldona Jodkaitė, Irena Leonavičiūtė-Bratkauskienė, Napoleonas Bernotas, Vladas Jurkūnas, Galina Jackevičiūtė, Jonas Kavaliauskas
Runtime
95 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Lithuanian

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