El puente de Remagen
Director:
John GuillerminCámara:
Stanley CortezMúsica:
Elmer BernsteinReparto:
George Segal, Ben Gazzara, Robert Vaughn, Bradford Dillman, Peter van Eyck, Hans Christian Blech, Heinz Reincke, Joachim Hansen, Sonja Ziemann, Anna Gaël (más)Sinopsis(1)
Fin de la II Guerra Mundial, 1945. Los aliados realizan el último avance en territorio alemán, pero queda un puente, situado en un lugar estratégico sobre el Rhin, que todavía permanece en manos de los nazis. Los dos bandos tienen mucho que ganar: los alemanes, la vida de 50.000 soldados apostados en el lado equivocado del puente. los aliados: la aceleración del fin de la guerra, con el menor número posible de bajas. Aunque ambos ejércitos luchan valientemente, sólo uno podrá ganar la batalla de "El puente de Remagen". (Filmin)
(más)Reseñas (4)
I admit that I watched the movie only after returning from Davle, where I saw the bridge at the supposed Remagen with my own eyes. It is undoubtedly filmed well, interestingly and has a lot of action for its time. Of course, American patriotism cannot be absent but what bothered me more is the fact that while filming the American producers were more concerned with finishing the movie than the fact that our country was, at the time, occupied.
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A very decent war spectacle about conquest-non-conquest – destruction-non-destruction of a key bridge over the Rhine. In the context of American works, the spectacle is rather intimate and economical in terms of set design and extras, yet also impressive, interesting and dramatic. The main advantages of the The Bridge at Remagen are its decent depiction of the characters, a few twists and a solid narrative pace, which will suffice even without excessively monumental and pathetic crutches. The fact that the film was shot in the turbulent atmosphere of the post-August Czechoslovak Republic is just a spicy pepper on top of decently-flavored war goulash.
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The actual occupation of the only preserved bridge over the Rhine was infinitely simpler and more sober. German soldiers simply escaped. The Remagen Bridge uses this event only to start a powerful story about military honor, courage, and how the powerful sometimes reward it. A decent genre above-average for its time, which is an interesting perspective from the second, enemy side. Overall impression 80%.
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"Enemy aircraft, sir." - "But who is the enemy?" A war extravaganza with an interesting story, with good guys and bad guys on both sides, and gripping battle scenes. This makes sense, since the Americans were given permission to blast houses in bombed-out Most for their own purposes. The sight of the destruction wreaked by the tanks is perfectly terrifying. George Segal in the lead role is just great (by the way, I've given every one of his films the highest possible rating so far, which is interesting) and his final walk, backed by Bernstein's music, is unforgettable. Robert Vaughn also plays the German major brilliantly... In short, it is a sensational film that rightfully belongs to that golden pool that includes The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far, Battle of the Bulge and many others.
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