The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway min Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson, they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances min At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito min He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive min He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy min Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden and an American, Shears, to blow up the bridge

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• Label: Sony Music
• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Running time: 161
• Release Date: 1957
• No. of discs: 1
• Category: Classic Movies