Die Brücke am Kwai (1957)
17KDie Brücke am Kwai: Directed by David Lean. With William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa. British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.
“I have watched this movie several times and it is just getting better and better all the time. Why? Because this movie actually has a message built-in, this isnu0026#39;t a violent story, like u0026quot;Saving Private Ryanu0026quot; – also a good movie with a message – but it is still not a slow story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhen I last saw it, I realised that there was something in the movie that I had never understood, this isnu0026#39;t a movie about war, torture or how it was to be a prisoner of war; this is a movie about madness and pride. The pride shows both in Saiko and Colonel Nicholson, they are so full of it that it is almost impossible for them to come to a civil-conclusion with the problems they have with each other. The madness is shown in Colonel Nicholson and Holdenu0026#39;s character – here they are, two prisoners of war and they donu0026#39;t want to help each other out, instead they try to reach separate goals, and they are both willing to die for it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAfter you have watched this movie one is amazed by the performances made by Alec Guinness and William Holden and I must say that this is therefore one of the best War/Drama movies ever made My vote? 9 out of 10 naturally.”
