WWII drama from director David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) – winner of seven Academy Awards in 1957 (including Best Film)...
WWII drama from director David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) – winner of seven Academy Awards in 1957 (including Best Film) and named the 11th Best British movie ever by the BFI in 1999.
Story follows a squad of Brit soldiers at a Japanese POW camp in the Burmese jungle. After clashing with the camp commander, a British colonel (Alec Guinness, in an Oscar winning performance) agrees to oversee his men’s construction of a railway bridge for their captors. Meanwhile, the Allies plan a mission to blow-up the bridge before it can be used.
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- Award winner
- Winner of seven Oscars including Best Film, Director and Actor (Guinness), Academy Awards 1958. Winner of Best Film (Drama), Director and Actor (Guinness), Golden Globes 1958
- Rating
- PG, contains violence
- Runtime
- 161
- Genre
- Adventure, Drama, War
- Country of origin
- UK, USA