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The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai, written by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel and the film's screenplay are fictional; they use the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943 as historical setting. It stars William Holden, Alec Guinness, and Jack Hawkins, with Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears, and Geoffrey Horne in supporting roles.
- Director
- David Lean
- Writer
- Carl Foreman · Michael Wilson · Calder Willingham · Pierre Boulle
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- Director
- David Lean
- Writer
- Carl Foreman · Michael Wilson · Calder Willingham · Pierre Boulle
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- Release date
- 1957 · Released
- Runtime
- 156 min
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Drama · War
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Die Brücke am Kwai
- Español
- El puente sobre el río Kwai
- Français
- Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï
- Italiano
- Il ponte sul fiume Kwai
- 日本語
- 戦場にかける橋
- 한국어
- 콰이강의 다리
- Polski
- Most na rzece Kwai
- Português
- A Ponte do Rio Kwai
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