Photograph: Mount Lavinia Hotel · The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations
Where to go
6.833333, 79.861944
Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Good to know
Title
The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
On screen
military hospital
In real life
Mount Lavinia Hotel, Colombo
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable
Mount Lavinia Hotel today
Photograph: Mount Lavinia Hotel · The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations
Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.
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Where exactly did The Bridge On The River Kwai film at Mount Lavinia Hotel?
At 6.833333, 79.861944 in Colombo. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Mount Lavinia Hotel?
Open to the public, ticketed.
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