‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ won in the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards of 1958.
It is a World War II film, directed by David Lean, about the construction of a bridge over the River Kwai, although it’s heavily fictionalised. It’s based on the French novel ‘Le Pont de la Riviere Kwai’ (1952) by Pierre Boulle. The movie stars William Holden, Jack Hawkins, and Alec Guinness, and also features Sessue Hayakawa. The movie worked basically on the theme of the futility and insanity of war.
‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ was shot in the colourful, dense tropical jungles of Sri Lanka. The film was the number one box-office success of the year, and it won critical acclaim as well – eight Academy Award nominations, and seven Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best music, scoring, and Best Film Editing.
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