The Last Bridge (German: Die Letzte Brücke) is a 1954 Austrian-Yugoslavian war drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki and Barbara Rütting. The film was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot
A German nurse is captured by Yugoslav partisans, and with her devotion to medical duty finds herself with divided loyalty to both sides of the conflict.
Production
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Pischinger and Wolf Witzemann. Location shooting took place in Mostar, Počitelj and other locations along the Neretva valley in Bosnia.
Cast
Maria Schell as Dr. Helga Reinbeck
Bernhard Wicki as Boro
Barbara Rütting as Milica
Carl Möhner as Martin Berger
Pavle Mincić as Momcillo
Horst Hächler as Leutnant Scherer
Robert Meyn as Stabsartz Dr. Rottsieper
Zvonko Žungul as Partisan Sava
Tilla Durieux as Mara
Fritz Eckhardt as Tilleke
Janez Vrhovec as Partisan Vlaho
Walter Regelsberger as Nachrichtensoldat
Steffie Schwarz as Oberschwester
Bata Stojanović as Partisan
Stevo Petrović as Partisan Ratko
Milan Nesić as Partisan
Franz Eichberger as Gebirgsjäger
Heinrich Einsiedel as Gebirgsjäger
Pero Kostić as Partisan