![]() ![]() ![]() Lean’s offering further distorted the building of the infamous Death Railway. Despite this helping the Japanese, they build the bridge properly.īut this is not the end of the matter, not by a long shot- the bridge is a symbol of so much that is wrong with the war, it is a symbol of power and destruction, of hope and despair and ultimately death. The screenplay was adapted from Frenchman Pierre Boulle’s novel The Bridge Over The River Kwai, which blended fact and fiction in an attempt to portray the futility of war. They now have to build a proper bridge built to British standards. Pierre Boulle, the author of 'The Bridge Over the River Kwai,' 'Planet of the Apes' and other novels and short stories, died on Sunday in Paris, The Associated Press reported. He says the bridge is wrong and is in the right place. However the British officer is a perfectionist and is horrified by the bad work his men have done. Those who do work on the railway ensure they do the least work possible and try to sabotage the overall build. The leading officer claims that prisoners can not be used as labourers but those who refuse are tortured or killed ![]() They are effectively helping the Japanese in their effort to overrun and therefore control Asia. They are told that they will be used to build the bridge over the River Kwai so the trains can get supplies to the Japanese armies in Burma. British soldiers are captured and kept as prisoners of war in a Japanese camp. ![]()
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