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What it's about
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.
Cast and crew
- Director
- David Lean
- Writer
- Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson
- Starring
- William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Details
- Release date
- Dec 14, 1957
- Language
- English, Japanese, Thai
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Box office
- $27,200,000
- Awards
- Won 7 Oscars. 30 wins & 7 nominations total
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