Film made in 1957.

Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle.

Credits: music, Malcolm Arnold; cinematographer, Jack Hildyard.

Dolby Digital.

Disc one: Widescreen presentation Trivia sabotage 'Building the bridge' Maps and military strategy Isolated score Animated menus

Disc two: Animated menus Documentary: "The making of the Bridge on the River Kwai" Featurettes: 'An appreciation' by John Milius; 'Rise and fall of a jungle giant' - USC short film introduced by William Holden Filmographies Gallery Screensavers Theatrical trailer Weblink.

Cast includes: William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa.

Classic British war film based on the novel by Pierre Boulle in which a group of POWs are forced to build a bridge in Burma for the Japanese. Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) is the appointed leader of the men interned in the camp. When the Japanese commander, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), orders his captives to build a bridge across the river Kwai, Nicholson agrees on the basis that the project will keep his men occupied and give them an opportunity to prove, through the quality of their work, the superiority of British engineering. However, as the bridge progresses and the POWs strive to show their craftsmanship, Nicholson appears to lose sight of the fact that the ultimate object of the bridge is to help the Japanese win the war. The impending arrival of a British commando team, sent to destroy the bridge, looks set to provide a stern test of where the true loyalties of the increasingly obsessive Nicholson lie.

BBFC code: PG.

DVD.

Soundtrack in English, French and German with subtitles in English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Danish, Arabic, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian, Greek, Hebrew, Bulgarian.