Colonel Nicholson

E583852

fictional character film character

Colonel Nicholson is the rigid, duty-bound British officer at the center of the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai," whose obsession with military discipline leads to morally ambiguous collaboration with his captors.

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Label	Occurrences
Colonel Nicholson canonical	2

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ
allegiance	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	The Bridge on the River Kwai NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInWorkType	drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ
awardsRelated	portrayal contributed to Alec Guinness winning the Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
basedOn	character in the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai ⓘ
capturedBy	Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait	duty-bound ⓘ obsessive about discipline ⓘ principled ⓘ rigid ⓘ stubborn ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
createdBy	Pierre Boulle NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	The Bridge on the River Kwai NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance	novel The Bridge over the River Kwai NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstFilmAppearance	The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldAt	Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma ⓘ
imprisonedBy	Colonel Saito NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
loyalTo	British military code of conduct ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ novel adaptation ⓘ
militaryRank	colonel ⓘ
moralAmbiguity	collaborates with captors to build an efficient bridge ⓘ
narrativeFunction	explores conflict between duty and collaboration ⓘ
narrativeRole	protagonist ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableFor	insistence on officers’ privileges under the Geneva Conventions ⓘ leading construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai ⓘ rigid adherence to military discipline ⓘ
notableScene	inspection and pride in the completed bridge ⓘ refusal to allow officers to perform manual labor ⓘ
occupation	British Army officer ⓘ
portrayedBy	Alec Guinness NERFINISHED ⓘ
relationshipWithAntagonist	rivalry and mutual respect with Colonel Saito ⓘ
setDuring	Burma Railway construction ⓘ
themeAssociation	duty versus common sense ⓘ honor versus collaboration ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alec Guinness → portrayed → Colonel Nicholson ⓘ

novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai" → featuresCharacter → Colonel Nicholson ⓘ

subject surface form: The Bridge on the River Kwai