Anyone who talks about the best and most powerful war films of all time cannot ignore The Bridge on the River Kwai. In 1957 director David Lean created a Epic that was realized with gigantic effort. The fictional World War II episode became a huge hit, grossing more than 10 times its budget at the global box office at the time.
War film epic The bridge on the River Kwai impresses with its enormous effort
Based on a novel by Planet of the Apes author Pierre Boulle, David Lean’s epic is about the Japanese commander Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). This is to build a bridge in the jungle with inmates of a prison camp in Southeast Asia. British officer Nicholson (Alec Guinness) sees it a way to give meaning to your life. At the same time, American ex-prisoner Shears (William Holden) is to destroy the bridge at any cost.
For The Bridge on the River Kwai, the director actually had the eponymous structure built. According to Cinema, 1,000 workers built the bridge with the help of 35 elephants in eight months. The effort paid off for Lean. With a budget of almost 3 million dollars, the war film had a proud worldwide box office result of over 30 million dollars.
Also, The Bridge on the River Kwai sagged at the 1958 Academy Awards a total of seven gold trophies one, including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Alec Guinness for Best Actor.
When is the Bridge on the River Kwai on TV?
3sat beams the bridge on the River Kwai September 1, 2023 at 10:35 p.m out of. If you don’t have time, you can watch the war film epic as an alternative Rent or buy from Amazon Prime. *
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