The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge at Remagen is a 1969 war film starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughn. The film, which was directed by John Guillermin, was shot on location in Czechoslovakia. It is based on the book The Bridge at Remagen The Amazing Story of March 7, 1945 by writer and U. S. Representative Ken Hechler. The screenplay was adapted by Richard Yates and William Roberts.
The film opens with the U.S. Army failing to capture the stillintact Oberkassel railway bridge which is blown up as the Americans approach immediately after a train load of wounded German troops crosses the bridge.Lieutenant Hartman George Segal is an experienced combat team leader who is becoming weary of the war in Europe. On the drive towards the Rhine River Captain John Colt, Hartmans company commander is killed when his jeep is hit by a panzerfaust anti tank shell immediately after taking over the point position from Hartman, who Colt had criticized for moving forward too cautiously. Hartman then leads an assault on the farmhouse from where the panzerfaust was fired and the company kills all the German defenders there in a brief firefight. After that Hartman is promoted to company commander by his battalion commander, Major Barnes Bradford Dillman, replacing Colt, and is given orders to continue the advance to Meckenheim. Hartman is concerned that Meckenheim might be crawling with Germans, what if they unload on us? he asks Barnes. Then we will know wont we Barnes callously replies. ........
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