The bridge on the River Kwai / directed by David Lean.

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British soldiers are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it up. Winner of seven Academy Awards. Based on the novel Le Pont de la Riviere Kwai by Pierre Boulle.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Columbia Pictures
Other Authors: Lean, David, 1908-1991
Holden, William, 1918-1981
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000
Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973
Boulle, Pierre, 1912-1994
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed captioned.
English, French, Spanish and Portuguese languages.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai subtitles.
Published: Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, [1957], ©1957.
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Boulle, Pierre, > 1912-1994 > Film adaptations.
Burma-Siam Railroad > Drama.
Prisoners of war > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
War films.
Feature films.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Fiction.
War films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
British soldiers are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it up. Winner of seven Academy Awards. Based on the novel Le Pont de la Riviere Kwai by Pierre Boulle.
Note:Winner of seven Academy Awards Best Picture 1957.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF8 D0003569 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rated PG.
ISBN:0767858735
9780767858731
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Starring: Alec Guinness, William Holden.