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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Name: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director: David Lean
Genre: drama film, war film
Rating: 8.1

Directed by David Lean.

Directed by David Lean · Shot by Jack Hildyard · Cut by Peter Taylor · Music by Malcolm Arnold

Behind the scenes

Behind the Scenes: The Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean, 1957) with William Holden and Alec Guinness — Serious Feather · 41 min
Directors Sydney Pollack and Steven Spielberg on THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI — American Film Institute · 2 min
3 Things 'The Bridge on the River Kwai ' Teaches Us About Filmmaking — CinemaTyler · 25 min
The Making of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | Movies in the Making — MoviesintheMaking · 15 min

Elsewhere

All David Lean films

More by David Lean

The Physician — 1928
In Which We Serve — 1942
This Happy Breed — 1944
Brief Encounter — 1945
Blithe Spirit — 1945
Great Expectations — 1946
Oliver Twist — 1948
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens — 1948
The Passionate Friends — 1949
Madeleine — 1950
The Sound Barrier — 1952
Hobson's Choice — 1954
Summertime — 1955
Lawrence of Arabia — 1962
Doctor Zhivago — 1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told — 1965
Ryan's Daughter — 1970
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor — 1979
A Passage to India — 1984

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