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The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle . Boulle's novel and the film's screenplay are almost entirely fictional, but use the construction of the Burma Railway, in 1942–1943, as their historical setting. [3] The cast includes William Holden, Alec Guinness ...
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A classic war film about British POWs building a bridge for the Japanese in Burma during WWII. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Adventure, Drama, War
- David Lean
- 1957-12-14
The Bridge over the River Kwai. The Bridge over the River Kwai ( French: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï) is a novel by the French novelist Pierre Boulle, published in French in 1952 and English translation by Xan Fielding in 1954. The story is fictional but uses the construction of the Burma Railway, in 1942–1943, as its historical setting, and ...
- Pierre Boulle
- 1952
- 1952
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Mar 13, 2021 · Watch the classic war film directed by David Lean and based on Pierre Boulle's novel. The film won seven Academy Awards and is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.
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Academy Award (1958) The Bridge on the River Kwai, British -American war film, released in 1957 and directed by David Lean, that was both a critical and popular success and became an enduring classic. The movie garnered seven Academy Awards, including that for best picture, as well as three Golden Globe Awards and four BAFTA awards.
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A classic war epic film directed by David Lean and starring Alec Guinness as a British colonel in a Japanese POW camp. The film explores the themes of honor, duty, and resistance in the face of oppression and brutality.
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- War, Drama
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Jul 13, 2021 · Learn about the bridge that inspired the 1957 movie Bridge over the River Kwai, built by the Japanese during World War Two. Find out how it was constructed, bombed, and used today as a tourist attraction.
