The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

Lt. Phil Hartman: How do you know Stadt Meckenheim isn't crawling with Germans? What if they unload on us?
Major Barnes: Then we'll know, won't we, Lieutenant?

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Major Paul Kreuger: I understand the Russians are at the Elbe.
Gen. von Brock: Yes.
Major Paul Kreuger: And here?
Gen. von Brock: Worse. Utter confusion. Every day I get orders to attack with divisions that no longer exist. Hitler still thinks he's winning the war.
Major Paul Kreuger: The Army helped bring Hitler into power. Are you saying we made a mistake?

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[Kreuger is offered a last cigarette before he is executed by firing squad. He and the Nazi Officer hear planes]
Major Paul Kreuger: Whose?
Nazi Officer: Enemy planes, Major.
Major Paul Kreuger: But who is the enemy?

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According to the book 'Bill Collins presents The Golden Years of Hollywood' by Bill Collins, "Apart from three or four large interiors, the film was shot entirely on location . . . The film's producer 'David l. Wolper', obtained permission to use the Davle Bridge, 24 kilometers south of Prague on the Ultava River. Much of the filming, however was carried out in the Czechoslovakia town of Most, 100 kilometers north-west of Prague."
The tanks used by the Americans in the film are M24 Chaffee light tanks appropriate for the era.
The Remagen of the film's title refers to a town in Germany called Remagen. It is in the Rhineland-Palatinate which is in the district of Ahrweiler. The town is actually located on the Rhine river as was the Bridge at Remagen referred to in this movie.
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