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Release Date:
October 11, 1957
Original Title:
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alternate Titles:
Broen over Kwai
El Puente Sobre el Río Kwai
Most na Rzece Kwai
Most na rijeci Kwai
戦場にかける橋:1957
Genres:
Drama | History | War
Production Companies:
Horizon Pictures
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12 AU: PG BR: 12 CZ: 12+ DE: 12 ES: APTA FR: TP GB: PG GR: 13 HU: 12 IE: PG JP: G KR: 12 NL: 12 PT: M/12 SE: 15 US: PG
Runtime: 161
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
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Art Direction:
Donald M. Ashton
Assistant Director:
Ted Sturgis
Clapper Loader:
Ron Drinkwater
Director:
David Lean
Director of Photography:
Jack Hildyard
Editor:
Peter Taylor
Makeup Artist:
Stuart Freeborn
Novel:
Pierre Boulle
Original Music Composer:
Malcolm Arnold
Producer:
Sam Spiegel
Screenplay:
Carl Foreman
Michael Wilson
Second Unit First Assistant Director:
A. B. Raj
Sound Designer:
John Cox
John W. Mitchell
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