Under the Bridges

This article is about the 1946 film. For the Red Hot Chili Peppers song, see Under the Bridge.
Under the Bridges
Film poster
Directed byHelmut Käutner
Written by
Produced byWalter Ulbrich
Starring
CinematographyIgor Oberberg
Edited byWolfgang Wehrum
Music byBernhard Eichhorn
Production
companies
Distributed byGloria Film
Release date
  • 1 September 1946 (1946-09-01)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Under the Bridges (German: Unter den Brücken) is a 1946 German drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Hannelore Schroth, Carl Raddatz and Gustav Knuth. The film was shot in Berlin during the summer of 1944, but was not released until after the defeat of Nazi Germany. It premiered in Locarno in September 1946, and was not released in Germany until 1950 when it was picked up for distribution by Gloria Film.[1]

The film uses poetic realism to portray the everyday lives and romances of two Havel boatmen.[2] In 1995, a survey among more than 300 film experts voted Unter den Brücken at No. 18 of the 100 most important German films.[3]

  1. ^ Kreimeier p. 355
  2. ^ Kreimeier p. 355
  3. ^ Fiafnet.org (pdf), p. 41