161 mins |
Rated
PG
Directed by David Lean
Starring Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald
Winner of seven Oscars, including Best Picture, this complex war epic asks hard questions, resists easy answers, and boasts career-defining work from star Alec Guinness and director David Lean.
After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors -while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.
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Winner of seven Oscars, including Best Picture, this complex war epic asks hard questions, resists easy answers, and boasts career-defining work from star Alec Guinness and director David Lean.
After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors -while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.