The Bridge on the River Kwai

Name: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director: David Lean
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1957-10-11
Duration: 2 h 42 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald

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The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

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DirectorDavid Lean

Keywords

japan based on novel or bookresistanceriverworld war iiprisoner of warthailandbridgeburmapacific waraggressivebridge blowupdramaticsegunda guerra mundial

Budget$3M

Box Office$45M