Bridge on River Kwai

fairly long movie though engrossing...

story is about british POWs who are held captive by Japanese force during WWII. the POWs are forced to build a bridge that would aid Japanese in moving resources from Bangkok to Burma...POWs are unware of the reason for building the bridge. Their leader Nicholson though reluctant finally succumbs and helps Japanese build the bridge. In face he suggests better alternatives. However one of their prisoners Shears who had escaped from Japanese meets another British officer who is planning to blast Kwai bridge. Movie culminates when both Shears and Nicholson are killed and the bridge is destroyed.