The Bridge on the River Kwai

During WW II, allied POWs in a Japanese internment camp 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 they're persuaded the bridge should be built to help morale, spirit. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of Japanese Commandant Colonel Saito, but soon they realise it's a monument to Nicholson, himself, as well as a form of collaboration with the enemy.

Year

1957

Movie time

161 min

Directed by

David Lean

Cast

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

8.1/10

IMDB

96%

Rotten Tomatoes

87/100

Metacritic

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