The Bridge on the River Kwai

“The Bridge on the River Kwai,” directed by David Lean, is a World War II epic that follows British prisoners of war who are forced by their Japanese captors to construct a strategic railway bridge in the Burmese jungle. The film explores themes of duty, honor, and the futility of war as tensions rise between the prisoners’ leader, Colonel Nicholson, and the camp’s commandant, Colonel Saito.