David Lean in scale and more extensively released internationally. "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) was based on a novel by Pierre Boulle recounting the story of British and American prisoners of war trying to survive in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. The film stars William Holden and Alec Guinness and became the highest-grossing film of 1957 in the United States. It won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Alec Guinness, who had battled with Lean to give more depth to his role as an obsessively correct British commander who is
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye delays, which irritate". The review in "USA Today" calls Salander a fascinating character, and warns potential readers the reviewer thought she was not present for too much of the novel. "Paste" magazine's review also noted the relative absence of Salander, asserting that Lagercrantz seemed to prefer focusing on new characters that he invented. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (original title in , literally "The Man Who Chased His Shadow") is the fifth novel in the "Millennium" series, focusing on the characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. Written