Die Brücke am Kwai

11 Oct 1957 (UK)

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

Director: David Lean
Writer: Pierre Boulle / Carl Foreman / Michael Wilson
Stars: William Holden / Alec Guinness / Jack Hawkins / Sessue Hayakawa / James Donald
Genre: Adventure / Drama / War
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