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

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