The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alec Guiness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, James Donald, Sessue Hayakawa, Ann Sears
Realization of: The Bridge one to rivet Kwai: David Lean

In a prison camp in Burma, the Japanese geôliers make build by English prisoners a strategic bridge for their own army. While more the rebels of them erect scaffolding in secrecy a plan of sabotage, their superior, colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), orders with his troop to do good work to show his direction of the discipline to the Japanese colonel (Sessue Hayakawa) who directs the Peu camp concerned of the life of their men, the two officers, obsessed by the honor and the pride, will move back in front of nothing especially not to lose the face.

Haloed of 7 Oscars (whose Better film, realizer, scenario and actor for Alec Guinness), “the Bridge of the Kwaï river” was adapted novel of Pierre Boulle by the two scenario writers Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman (being reproduced at the time on the black list of the maccarthysme, and who were not credited officially before 1985). All the genius of David Lean, follower of the large spectacle on screen, is to have initially known to stick to the human behaviors. Equipped with a colossal budget, the film also proposed splendid catches of sight (turning took place in Ceylon), of the particularly impressive scenes of action, and, like the “Paths of the glory” of Stanley Kubrick appeared the same year, it denounced also the military madness which pushes the officers to involve their men towards absurdest of the morts.

Details of: The Bridge on the River Kwai

DIRECTOR: David Lean ACTORS: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Andre Morell LANGUAGES: French, German, English SUBTITLES: French, English, Netherland AUDIO: Dolby Surround 5.1 PICTURE: 16:9 Wide-Screen, 2:55 OTHERS: Interactive Menus, Chapter Selection, Import .be, Documentary TYPE: Action, Historique, War Zone: 2 - Europe - Japan - Middle East - Egypt - South Africa - Greenland Length: 156