The Bridge on the River Kwai / Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai (1957) DVDrip | MKV H264-1287 | AAC@160 | 720x292 | 2 Audio Tracks: English_1 French_2 | Subs: english, french, german, arabic, dutch, eastern lang., scandinavian, greek, hebrew, hindi, turkish (emb.) | DVD Cover & Sticker | 1h18+1h17 | 900+890 Mb
Drama, War | UK, USA Dec 1957 (Renewed 1985) | Director David LEAN The screenplay was based upon French author Pierre Boulle's 1954 novel of the same name. The film's story was loosely based on a true World War II incident, and the real-life character of Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey. One of a number of Allied POW's, Toosey was in charge of his men from late 1942 through May 1943 when they were ordered to build two Kwai River bridges in Burma (one of steel, one of wood), to help move Japanese supplies and troops from Bangkok to Rangoon…