The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Overview

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.

English
Rated PG
🎭Drama
🏛History
💣War

Released

11th October 1957

69 years ago

Runtime

2 hours 42 minutes

Finishes at 1:22pm

Budget

$2,800,000 ($32,996,600 today)

Revenue $44,908,000

Artwork for The Bridge on the River Kwai

Directed by

David Lean

Written by

Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson

Ratings and awards

Won 7 Oscars. 30 wins & 7 nominations total

8.1/10
96%
88%
78%
86%

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

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