The Bridge on the River Kwai Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 161 mins
- Year produced:
- 1957
- Director:
- David Lean
- Cast:
- Alec Guinness
- William Holden
- Jack Hawkins
The year is 1943, and in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma, the British and American inmates are forced to do brutal hard labour by their captors, constructing a vast railway bridge. Colonel Nicholson, the senior British officer, decides his duty is to build the best bridge he can, even though it would help the enemy troop movements. As much as a classic war movie, The Bridge On The River Kwai is an examination of obsession and stubborn pride.
- Average rating:
(3 votes)
Reviews
9 March 2007
Samuel from Woldgate College
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
This film is superb. I can understand why this film won so many awards - it is excellent! The storyline is gripping and I like the way that it is done from two views (the prisoners of war and the commondos coming to blow the bridge up). I thought the ending was quite sad really and throughout the whole film I was waiting for the ‘spectacular’ explosion at the end but when it did come it wasn’t really all that amazing! However it is a fantastic fil with great acting (Alec Guiness) and I recommend it to all members.
28 September 2008
Sheriden from Priory School Specialist Sports College
i LOVE IT AND SO LOVERY TO SEE
Fascinating facts
At one point during the filming of The Bridge on the River Kwai, director David Lean almost drowned when he was swept away by a river current. He was saved by actor Geoffrey Horne, who plays Lieutenant Joyce in the film.
On the first take of the final scene, the bomb on the bridge did not detonate. The train made it safely across only to crash down a hill on the other side.