Movie · Drama · War & Military

Adaptation of the Pierre Boulle 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.

1957 · 2h 35m
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Director David Lean

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

Drama

Adaptation of the Pierre Boulle 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.

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Average 9.4
Reviews 102
Fresh 98
Rotten 4

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Studio
Sony Pictures
Released
1957
Run Time
2 hr 35 min
Rated
PG
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, United States
© 1957 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC, Dolby Atmos), French (France) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew (Israel) , Hindi , Hungarian , Italian , Korean (South Korea) , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian (Russia) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish (Türkiye)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.