War fatigue

The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

Directed by John Guillermin this film stars George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara and Bradford Dillman. Late in World War 2 American and German forces face off over the last remaining bridge over the Rhine.

While the film is inspired by real events it appears to be a heavily fictionalised account that at least changes the names of the characters so as not to present fiction as fact. The story is a fairly standard war piece that features soldiers tired of war on both sides but does not have an especially deep take on the matter. There are some good locations that do a good job of recreating Remagen but occasionally some ropey acting does sneak in to the film.

3/5