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The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai
is a British-American 1957
World War II
epic film
directed by
David Lean
and starring
William Holden
,
Jack Hawkins
,
Alec Guinness
, and
Sessue Hayakawa
. Based on the novel
Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai
(1952) by
Pierre Boulle
, the film is a work of fiction, but borrows the construction of the
Burma Railway
in 1942–43 for its historical setting. The movie was filmed in
Ceylon
(now known as
Sri Lanka
). The bridge in the film was near
Kitulgala
.
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