Yahoo India Web Search

Search results

  1. People also ask

  2. Apr 18, 1999 · “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957) is one of the few that focuses not on larger rights and wrongs but on individuals. Like Robert Graves’ World War I memoir, Goodbye to All That, it shows men grimly hanging onto military discipline and pride in their units as a way of clinging to sanity.

    • Oliver Twist

      That is why the next-to-final scene of the movie is so...

    • Ryan's Daughter

      But with all due respect for the Irish, who knew how to...

  3. Jun 15, 2023. One of the great, action-packed epics of the late 50s, The Bridge on the River Kwai is an exceptional case study about the hysteria of war and the pride that comes before the fall...

    • (105)
    • David Lean
    • PG
    • William Holden
  4. [4] The Bridge on the River Kwai is now widely recognized as one of the greatest films ever made. It was the highest-grossing film of 1957 and received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. The film won seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture) at the 30th Academy Awards.

  5. The Bridge on the River Kwai - Metacritic. Summary After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. Adventure.

    • (16)
    • David Lean
    • TV-PG
  6. One of the great, action-packed epics of the late 50s, The Bridge on the River Kwai is an exceptional case study about the hysteria of war and the pride that comes before the fall. Full...

  7. The Bridge on the River Kwai Review. A squad of British soldiers arrive at a Japanese POW camp in the Burmese jungle, and after some conflict between their respective leaders, they...

  8. Bombarded with awards, Bridge on the River Kwai is typical Oscar-winning fare, particularly for the conflicted political climate of the 1950s. It can be read as a damning critique of war, but also enjoyed as a gripping action film.