<P> The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British - American epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai ( 1952 ) by Pierre Boulle . The film is a work of fiction that uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942 -- 1943 . The cast included William Holden , Jack Hawkins , and Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa . </P>
<P> The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British - American epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai ( 1952 ) by Pierre Boulle . The film is a work of fiction that uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942 -- 1943 . The cast included William Holden , Jack Hawkins , and Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa . </P>
who starred in the movie bridge over the river kwai
who starred in the movie bridge over the river kwai
William Holden , Jack Hawkins , and Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa
William Holden , Jack Hawkins , and Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa