Winner of seven Academy Awards including 'Best Picture', the 1957 film "The Bridge on the River Kwai" was a joint British American film set in a prisoner of war camp in Burma during WWII. It was based on the novel "Le Pont de la Rivière Kwaï" written in 1952 by Pierre Boulle.

The film was directed by British directorDavid Lean and starredWilliam Holden, Jack Hawkins,Alec Guinness, and Sessue Hayakawa. Alec Guinness won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson. The film's reputation has endured and it is often included on British and American best film lists.

Location published: United Kingdom

• 1957-10-02 "The Bridge on the River Kwai," directed byDavid Lean and starringWilliam Holden andAlec Guinness, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1958)
• 1958-02-22 15th Golden Globes: "The Bridge on the River Kwai",Alec Guinness, andJoanne Woodward win
• 1958-03-26 30th Academy Awards-"The Bridge on the River Kwai" wins Best Picture,Joanne Woodward andAlec Guinness win Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively