THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

Saturday, August 22, 2026•2:00 PM

Burma, 1943. Ordered by Japanese prison camp commandant Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) to construct a bridge, British POW Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) at first refuses but then acquiesces, reasoning that the undertaking will provide a morale boost for his men. But in his obsession with detail and pride in his work, Nicholson loses sight of the fact that the bridge will serve a deadly purpose — the transport of Japanese munitions.

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