Bridge on the River Kwai (Blu-ray)

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Before you is the most famous picture about the terrible madness of war ever filmed by man. This masterpiece by the author of "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago", the great David Lean, based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle ("Planet of the Apes"), won 7 Oscars ("best picture", "best director", "best actor", "Best Adapted Screenplay", "Best Cinematography", "Best Music", "Best Editing"). This epic story is about courage, honor, and the destructive inhuman power of war. The head of the prisoner of war camp, the cruel Japanese Colonel Saito, orders the prisoners to build a strategically important bridge in the jungle. Those, led by the cold-blooded Briton Nicholson, intend to sabotage the order. However, Nicholson suddenly takes the enemy's side and orders his subordinates to carry out Saito's order in the best possible way. It doesn’t take long for the perplexed captives to realize that their leader is slowly going crazy, before his eyes turning into a maniac of one idea - the construction of an ideal bridge. Major Shears, planning an escape from the camp with his comrades, decides to interfere with Nicholson and destroy the almost completed bridge across the River Kwai...