Set in Burma during World War II the story tells of British POWs who are forced to build a large bridge for the Japanese while a British Commando team is sent to destroy it Winner of seven Academy Awards Special Features& The Making Of the Bridge On The River Kwai& documentary (60 mins)& On Seeing Film& Movie School Featurette& Build The Bridge& Desktop Game Map & History Of The Events Surrounding The Actual Building Of The Bridge DVD ROM Features Script & Screensaver Technical Details Actors Alec Guinness Jack Hawkins William Holden Geoffrey Horne Sessue Hayakawa Andre Morrell Percy Herbert & James Donald Director David Lean Certificate PGYear 1957 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English ; French ; German
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages Dolby Digital (10) Mono French ; German Subtitles Arabic ; Bulgarian ; Czech ; Danish ; Dutch ; English ; French ; Finnish ; German ; Greek ; Hebrew ; Hindi ; Hungarian ; Icelandic ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Swedish Duration 2 hours & 35 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players