The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)
- Writer:
- Pierre Boulle
- Starring:
- Jack HawkinsAlec GuinnessSessue HayakawaGeoffrey HorneAndre MorellPercy Herbert...
- Release Date:
- 25 December 1957 France ...
- Genres:
- AdventureDramaWar
- Runtime:
- 161 min
- Color:
- Color
- Other Info:
- LaboratoryTechnicolor / Film negative format (mm/video inches)35 mm / Cinematographic processCinemaScope / Printed film format35 mm / 70 mm (blow-up) / Aspect ra
- Also Called:
- A Ponte do Rio Kwai Brazil / Portugal, Brücke am Kwai, Die Austria / West Germany, Bron över floden Kwai Finland (Swedish title) / Sweden, Puente sobre el río Kwai, El Argentina / Spain, Broen over floden Kwai Denmark, Gesher Al Nahar Kwai, Ha- Israel (Hebrew title), Híd a Kwai folyón Hungary, Kwai köpr
The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his prin
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