The Bridge at Remagen
1969 American film by John Guillermin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Bridge at Remagen is a 1969 DeLuxe Color war film in Panavision starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara, and Robert Vaughn. The film, which was directed by John Guillermin,[3] was shot in Czechoslovakia. It is based on the nonfiction book The Bridge at Remagen: The Amazing Story of March 7, 1945 by writer and U.S. Representative Ken Hechler.[4] The screenplay was adapted by Richard Yates and William Roberts.[3]
The Bridge at Remagen | |
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Directed by | John Guillermin |
Written by | Roger O. Hirson |
Screenplay by | William Roberts Richard Yates |
Based on | The Bridge at Remagen (1957 book) by Kenneth William Hechler |
Produced by | David L. Wolper |
Starring | George Segal Robert Vaughn Ben Gazzara Bradford Dillman E. G. Marshall |
Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
Edited by | William Cartwright |
Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5 million[1] |
Box office | $1.6 million (US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
The film is a highly fictionalized version of actual events during the last months of World War II, when the U.S. 9th Armored Division approached Remagen and captured the intact Ludendorff Bridge. While the real battle ran for a week and involved several artillery duels between the U.S. troops and German defenders, the film focuses more specifically on the heroism and human cost in gaining the bridgehead across the Rhine before the Allies' final advance into Germany. The Remagen bridge was never rebuilt; the towers on each bank were converted into a museum and arts studios.