Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï
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Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï is a 1957 British-American war film directed by David Lean, renowned for its portrayal of Allied prisoners of war forced to build a railway bridge for the Japanese during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï canonical | 1 |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12870825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï Context triple: [The Bridge on the River Kwai, originalTitle, Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï]
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A.
The Bridge at Courbevoie
The Bridge at Courbevoie is an 1886–87 Post-Impressionist oil painting by Georges Seurat that depicts a tranquil riverside scene near Paris using his pioneering pointillist technique.
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B.
Les Films du Fleuve
Les Films du Fleuve is a Belgian film production company, founded by the Dardenne brothers, known for producing socially engaged, auteur-driven cinema.
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C.
The Bridge at Moret-sur-Loing
The Bridge at Moret-sur-Loing is an Impressionist landscape painting by Alfred Sisley depicting the picturesque bridge and riverside town of Moret-sur-Loing in France.
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D.
La Chute
La Chute is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus that presents a dramatic monologue of a former Parisian lawyer reflecting on guilt, judgment, and the human condition.
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E.
La Fille sur le pont
La Fille sur le pont is a 1999 French romantic drama film, directed by Patrice Leconte, about the intense, fateful relationship between a suicidal young woman and a melancholy knife-thrower.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï Target entity description: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï is a 1957 British-American war film directed by David Lean, renowned for its portrayal of Allied prisoners of war forced to build a railway bridge for the Japanese during World War II.
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A.
The Bridge at Courbevoie
The Bridge at Courbevoie is an 1886–87 Post-Impressionist oil painting by Georges Seurat that depicts a tranquil riverside scene near Paris using his pioneering pointillist technique.
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B.
Les Films du Fleuve
Les Films du Fleuve is a Belgian film production company, founded by the Dardenne brothers, known for producing socially engaged, auteur-driven cinema.
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C.
The Bridge at Moret-sur-Loing
The Bridge at Moret-sur-Loing is an Impressionist landscape painting by Alfred Sisley depicting the picturesque bridge and riverside town of Moret-sur-Loing in France.
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D.
La Chute
La Chute is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus that presents a dramatic monologue of a former Parisian lawyer reflecting on guilt, judgment, and the human condition.
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E.
La Fille sur le pont
La Fille sur le pont is a 1999 French romantic drama film, directed by Patrice Leconte, about the intense, fateful relationship between a suicidal young woman and a melancholy knife-thrower.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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British film ⓘ epic film ⓘ film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Cinematography NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Bridge on the River Kwai
NERFINISHED
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novel by Pierre Boulle ⓘ |
| character |
Colonel Nicholson
NERFINISHED
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Colonel Saito NERFINISHED ⓘ Commander Shears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Jack Hildyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Malcolm Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | David Lean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Peter Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSong | Colonel Bogey March NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Ceylon
NERFINISHED
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Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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war film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of POWs building a railway bridge for the Japanese
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whistling of the Colonel Bogey March ⓘ |
| oscarYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| partOf | classic World War II cinema canon ⓘ |
| portrays |
Allied prisoners of war
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Japanese prisoner-of-war camp ⓘ construction of a railway bridge ⓘ |
| producer | Sam Spiegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957-10-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 161 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Carl Foreman
NERFINISHED
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Michael Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
Burma
NERFINISHED
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Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| starring |
Alec Guinness
NERFINISHED
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Jack Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Sessue Hayakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ William Holden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Bridge on the River Kwai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï Description of subject: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï is a 1957 British-American war film directed by David Lean, renowned for its portrayal of Allied prisoners of war forced to build a railway bridge for the Japanese during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Bridge on the River Kwai
subject surface form:
The Bridge on the River Kwai
this entity surface form:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 film)