The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

  • Director: David Lean
  • Writer: Pierre Boulle,Carl Foreman,Michael Wilson
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, United States
  • Language: English, Japanese, Thai
  • Release date: December 14, 1957
  • Runtime: 2h 41min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Atmos
  • Aspect ratio: 2.55 : 1
  • Also known as: Die Brücke am Kwai
    • "The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a war film produced by Columbia Pictures, directed by David Lean and starring William Holden and Alec Guinness de Cuffe .
    The film tells the story of British officers who were forced to build The Bridge on the River Kwai for the Japanese army during World War II and then tried their best to prevent the bridge from being blown up by a British task force. On October 2, 1957, the film was released in the UK. In 1958, the film won the 30th Oscar Award for Best Picture, the 15th Golden Globe Award for Best Picture in Drama and other awards   .

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    • Release date December 14, 1957
    • Filming locations Ambepussa, Sri Lanka
    • Production companies Horizon Pictures (II)

    Box office

    Budget

    $3,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $27,200,000

    Gross worldwide

    $27,200,000

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    • By Rebeca 2022-04-23 07:01:26

      "The Bridge on the River Kwai": Living With Reason, Self-Esteem Not Guilty

      "Bridge on the River Kwai": Survival makes sense, self-respect The Innocence
       

       
      film has in many cases been reduced to an allegorical exposition. This may be because war expresses the eternal thinking of human beings, such as life and death, in the strongest extreme way. Therefore, some ideas and impulses lurking in human life can be externalized in war movies. The form is reflected, which constitutes the possibility that war films can be used to express fables....

    • By Major 2022-04-23 07:01:26

      no feeling

      I don't know why it gets 8 points. Did the movie take so long to help you sleep? I've been blind for almost 3 hours. I don't feel nervous or exciting. In the film, the Japanese are described as idiots, just to help idiots, why are you British soldiers still being captured? I feel that I saw a replica of the domestic hand-torn devil. I don't know why it gets 8 points. Did the movie take so long to help you sleep? I've been blind for almost 3 hours. I don't feel nervous or exciting. In the...

    • By Webster 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      Colonel's Stupidity

      On the issue of whether British officers should participate in manual labor, the British colonel refused to work for officers in accordance with the Geneva Convention. Even if Saito threatened with force, violently beaten, locked up, or made concessions, the colonel would never compromise. Under the stubborn insistence of the colonel, Saito finally gave up the plan of forced labor of the officers, and the colonel achieved a complete victory.

      This incident shows that adherence to...

    • By Scot 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      You've all been sold and you need to help out!

      All Chinese people who like this film need to consider your psychology when watching the film.

      What everyone has mentioned I don't want to repeat. But the film is full of contempt for the Japanese, haven't you noticed? Both Colonel Nicholson and his officers said that they would give the "savage" Japanese a vivid lesson in civilization and teach the Japanese what civilization is. This blatantly racist rhetoric must now be criticized.

      In terms of characterization, white...

    • By Madyson 2022-04-22 07:01:04

      Bridge on the River Kwai

      A very good film, a reflection on the so-called "military honor", which can also be regarded as an irony to the British spirit, contradictory human nature in war, as Major Clipton shouted at the end: Madness! Madness!

      It's a pity, maybe because of the times The reason is that the film strongly hints at the superiority of the white people: the indomitable British officers and soldiers who are not afraid of life and death; the young and beautiful indigenous girls who are full of...

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    • By Natalia 2023-09-30 15:11:05

      Nicholson is obsessed with construction, and Colonel Wharton angrily destroys the Bridge on the River Kwai - the redemption of Lawrence on the Bridge on the River Kwai. I thought Nicholson had his own plan to escape from the shell, but I didn't expect it to be a complete idiot. It was a unique anti-war movie. Rather than criticizing the cruelty and absurdity of war, David Lean spent so much money to make a dark humorous joke about pedantic British officers. The texture of the film is excellent,...

    • By Arvilla 2023-08-29 21:26:42

      The extreme depiction of human nature in war resides in various contradictions and conflicts. The dramatic ending was the finishing touch in my...

    • By Dorcas 2023-08-11 15:11:56

      10/10 points. Watch the blu-ray version. The whistle is nice. The drama between the British officers and the Japanese devils is excellent. The 1957 film, which is a full 60 years ago, has a description of human nature that kills how many bad films in the current Chinese dynasty. ....

    • By Osbaldo 2023-07-13 18:35:45

      Very dramatic, Political Correctness is not put on the...

    • By Garfield 2023-05-17 00:50:18

      Human performance in war depends on many factors. Culture, society, human nature, etc. all make up the self in...

    Movie plot

    In 1943, British colonel Nicholson and his men became prisoners of the Japanese army and were ordered to build the bridge on the River Kwai in western Thailand. In addition to the British prisoners, there are also US naval officer Hilles on the island. Nicholson disagreed with the escape plan proposed by Hills and others. As a typical English gentleman, Nicholson adhered to his own rules and reasoned with the Japanese leader Saito...
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    "The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a classic in film history. The director uses a unique technique to show the joys and sorrows of each character in the environment of the big era, and also shows their thinking about war under the influence of their respective national cultural thinking. In the film, the stories of the three soldiers constitute the structure of the film, thus highlighting the distinctive national imprint on each person,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Colonel Saito: Attention, English prisoners! Notice I do not say "English soldiers". From the moment you surrendered, you ceased to be soldiers. You will finish the bridge by the twelfth day of May. You will work under the direction of a Japanese engineer, Lieutenant Mioura. Time is short. All men will work. Your officers will work beside you. This is only just. For it is they who betray you by surrender. Your shame is their dishonor. It is they who told you: "Better to live like a coolie than die like a hero." It is they who brought you here, not I. Therefore, they will join you in useful labor. That is all.

    • Colonel Nicholson: It only remains for me to say, thank you, Colonel Saito, for your kind attention, and are there any other questions?

      Colonel Saito: One question... can you finish the bridge in time?

      Colonel Nicholson: Frankly, the consensus of opinion is that it's impossible... but we'll certainly give it a go. After all, we mustn't forget that we've wasted over a month through an unfortunate disagreement for which I was not to blame.

    • Commander Shears: [He and a fellow Allied P.O.W., Weaver, have just buried a dead P.O.W. in the camp cemetery. They are putting in a handmade wooden cross to mark his grave] Here lies... You know, Weaver, I've forgotten who we just buried.

      Weaver, Allied P.O.W.: Thompson.

      Commander Shears: Oh, yes... Here lies Corporal Herbert Thompson. Serial number zero-one-two-three-four-five-six-seven. Valiant member of the King's Own... or the Queen's Own... or something. Who died of beriberi in the year of our Lord, 1943. For the greater glory of...

      Commander Shears: [pauses, looking stumped. Looks at Weaver] What *did* he die for?

      Weaver, Allied P.O.W.: Ah, come off it! No need to mock the grave!

      Commander Shears: I don't mock the grave or the men... May he rest in peace.

      Commander Shears: [bangs the makeshift wooden cross down with his shovel] He found little enough of it when he was alive.

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