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The Bridge on the River Kwai

Where:

🇹🇭 Thailand

When:

The 1940s

It spans a whole new world of entertainment! — 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.

Released in 1957 — 161 minutes

Genres:

Drama History War

Languages:

English Japanese Thai