The bridge over the river Kwai / Boulle, Pierre

A satire on a certain type of British officer who clings to discipline even in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. He builds a bridge with prison labor and indignantly exposes a team of commandos when they arrive to blow it up.

British prisoners of war are forced by their Japanese captors to build a bridge in the jungles of Burma.

British prisoners of war are forced by their Japanese captors to build a bridge in the jungles of Burma.