The Bridge on the River Kwai

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The Bridge on the River Kwai / directed by David Lean ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; screenplay by Pierre Boulle. - [S.l. : s.n., 1957] ; United States : Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, 1981 ; United States : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, [2000] - 2 videocassettes of 2 (Beta) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. viewing copy.

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Copies are only available in the library: sygn. FF (1 egz.)

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General note

Copyright notices on cassette box, copy 2: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ; 1957; Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ; 1981.

Reissue date (1983) for copy 1 is the copyright date for packaged design.

Summary taken from cassette box.

Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle.

Sources used: cassette boxes.

Participant or performer note

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne.

Summary, etc.

Streszczenie: This film contains plenty of high-powered excitement set against the background of World War II. Captured by the Japanese, British soldiers and their ranking officer, Colonel Nicholson, are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge. Despite cruel treatment by the brutal Colonel Saito, Nicholson displays unyielding courage and the bridge becomes a matter of obsessive British pride to him. Meanwhile, the British high command has instructed a commando team to destroy the vital span.

Immediate source of acquisition note

Received: 10/29/90; gift; Coca-Cola Company Collection.