"The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)

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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

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After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.

"The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a 1957 British-American epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai (1952) by Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction that uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943. The cast included William Holden, Jack Hawkins, and Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa."

Genre': Adventure, Drama, War
Release date: October 2, 1957 (UK), December, 14 1957 (USA)

Director: David Lean

Produced by: Sam Spiegel
Screenplay by: Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson
Based on: "The Bridge over the River Kwai" by Pierre Boulle
Music: Malcolm Arnold
Cinematography: Jack Hildyard
Edited by: Peter Taylor

Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Awards

Academy Awards (1958 / 30th):
  • Best Picture
  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Best Director
  • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Film Editing
  • Best Music, Scoring
Golden Globe Awards (1958):
  • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Best Actor - Drama
  • Best Director
BAFTA Awards (1958):
  • Best British Film
  • Best British Actor
  • Best British Screenplay
  • Best Film from any Source
Overall: 30 wins and 7 nominations
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* © 1957 - Columbia Pictures
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"The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)

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Alec Guinness, James Donald | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
William Holden | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
Sessue Hayakawa | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
Alec Guinness | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
Alec Guinness | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
William Holden | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
Geoffrey Horne | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
Alec Guinness | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) *
Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Geoffrey Horne | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Geoffrey Horne | "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
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