

The Bridge on the River Kwai
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The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2.8M
- Box office
- $44.9M
- Language
- Japanese
- japan
- based on novel or book
- resistance
- river
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- thailand
- bridge
- burma
- pacific war
- aggressive
- bridge blowup
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG14 Dec 1957
- PhysicalPGDVD21 Nov 2000
- PhysicalPGBlu-ray2 Nov 2010
- PhysicalPG4K Ultra HD Blu-ray3 Oct 2017
United KingdomGB
- PremierePGLondon2 Oct 1957
- TheatricalPG11 Oct 1957
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG2 Dec 1957
AustriaAT
- Theatrical125 Sept 1958
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1611 Oct 1957
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1223 Dec 1957
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical (limited)12+Projekt 10022 Jan 1998
FinlandFI
- Theatrical (limited)K-1211 Oct 1957
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP20 Dec 1957
- Digital / OTTTPArte.tv4 Oct 2026
- TVTPArte4 Oct 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical127 Mar 1958
- Digital / OTTArte.tv4 Oct 2026
- TVArte4 Oct 2026
GreeceGR
- Theatrical137 Mar 1958
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1218 Aug 1988
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The Bridge on the River Kwai was released on 11 October 1957.
Audience reviews
1- J10/10
John Chard
7/31/2016
Colonel Bogey's Barmy Army. OK! Lets get it out there right away, for historical facts of the real Bridge on the River Kwai story, one should research elsewhere, this film is a fictionalised account of the said events. Sadly there are those out there who simply refuse to judge this purely as a piece of cinematic art - and cinematic art it is. A squad of British soldiers are held in a Japanese POW camp in the Bu…
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