Under the Bridges

{{short description|1946 film directed by Helmut Käutner}} {{About|the 1946 film|the Red Hot Chili Peppers song|Under the Bridge}} {{Infobox film | name = Under the Bridges | image =Under the Bridges (film).jpg | caption = Film poster | director = [[Helmut Käutner]] | writer = {{ubl|[[Leo de Laforgue]]|Helmut Käutner|[[Walter Ulbrich]]}} | producer = Walter Ulbrich | starring = {{ubl|[[Hannelore Schroth]]|[[Carl Raddatz]]|[[Gustav Knuth]]|[[Margarete Haagen]]}} | narrator = | cinematography = [[Igor Oberberg]] | editing = [[Wolfgang Wehrum]] | music = [[Bernhard Eichhorn]] | studio = {{ubl|[[Universum Film AG|UFA]]|[[Terra Film]]}} | distributor = [[Gloria Film]] | released = {{Film date|1946|09|01|df=yes}} | runtime = 99 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Under the Bridges''''' ({{langx|de|'''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]].<ref>Kreimeier p. 355</ref>

The film uses [[poetic realism]] to portray the everyday lives and romances of two [[Havel]] boatmen.<ref>Kreimeier p. 355</ref> In 1995, a survey among more than 300 film experts voted ''Unter den Brücken'' at No. 18 of the 100 most important German films.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150605042344/http://www.fiafnet.org/pdf/uk/fiaf54.pdf ''Fiafnet.org''] (pdf), p. 41</ref>

== Cast == * [[Hannelore Schroth]] as Anna Altmann * [[Carl Raddatz]] as Hendrik Feldkamp * [[Gustav Knuth]] as Willy * [[Margarete Haagen]] as Landlady * [[Ursula Grabley]] as Vera, a waitress * [[Hildegard Knef]] as Girl in Havelberg * [[Walter Gross (actor)|Walter Gross]] as Man on the bridge * [[Helene Westphal]] * [[Hildegard König]] * [[Erich Dunskus]] as Holl, ship captain * [[Klaus Pohl (actor)|Klaus Pohl]] as Museum's employee * [[Helmuth Helsig]] as Muhlke - Café owner

==See also== * [[Überläufer]]

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945''. [[University of California Press]], 1999.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0038206}} * [https://archive.org/details/UnterDenBruecken1945HelmutKautner ''Unter den Brücken''] Full movie with English subtitles at Deutsche Filmothek

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