UK / USA,
1957, 161 min
(Alternative: 155 min)
Directed by:
David LeanCinematography:
Jack HildyardComposer:
Malcolm ArnoldCast:
William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, John Boxer, Ann Sears (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
Adaptation of the Pierre Bouelle novel about POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American officers plot to blow up the structure, but the commander of the bridge's construction has different plans. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
Gallery (113)
Belgium
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France
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France
Cover © Éditions Atlas
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France
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Germany
Cover © Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2018)
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