The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai (2000)

Made famous by the 1957 Hollywood movie the bridges of the River Kwai emblematize one of the most misunderstood events in history Contrary to the romanticized film version the structures represent a period of terror desperation and death for over 16000 POWs and 10000 local slaves The Thailand Burma Railway was the vision of the Japanese Imperial Army a 250mile track cut through dense jungle that would connect Bangkok and Rangoon To accomplish this nearly impossible feat the fanatical and ruthless Japanese engineers used POWs and local slaves as manpower Candid interviews with men who lived through the atrocity including Dutch Australian British and American POWs illuminate the violence and horror of their threeandahalfyear internment From Britains surrender of Singapore the enduring force of friendship The True Story Of The Bridge On The River Kwai narrates a moving and unforgettable account of a period in history that must be remembered