![The Bridge on the River Kwai](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7paXMt2e3Tr5dLmEZOGgFEn2Vo7.jpg)
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.
Title | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
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Year | 1957 |
Genre | Drama, History, War |
Country | United Kingdom |
Studio | Horizon Pictures |
Cast | William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne |
Crew | John W. Mitchell (Sound Designer), David Lean (Director), Malcolm Arnold (Original Music Composer), Stuart Freeborn (Makeup Artist), Pierre Boulle (Novel), Carl Foreman (Screenplay) |
Keyword | japan, based on novel or book, resistance, river, world war ii, prisoner of war, thailand, bridge, burma, pacific war, bridge blowup |
Release | Oct 11, 1957 |
Runtime | 161 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.83 / 10 by 2,022 users |
Popularity | 24 |
Budget | 3,000,000 |
Revenue | 44,908,000 |
Language | 日本語, ภาษาไทย, English |