Movies and TvShows featuring "ceylon" theme.

During World War II, British prisoners of war are tasked with building a bridge over the river Kwai for the Japanese. Unbeknownst to them, the allied forces are planning a commando raid to destroy it. The story follows the struggle of the British POWs under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson as they navigate the hardships of construction, while the commando group led by Major Warden and American Navy Commander Shears embark on a mission to blow up the bridge.

Elephant Walk is a movie set in a Ceylon tea plantation during a cholera epidemic. The story follows a plantation owner's wife who faces various challenges including a romantic rivalry and an elephant stampede.

Two Yanks are hired to protect a rich lady from a sinister underworld group. Lots of jungle thrills, martial arts, ancient temples, huge explosions, & even sci-fi elements. Watch for Harris' great karate fight inside a crumbling temple, surrounded by masked members of an ancient sect.

An American diplomat risks his life to save an Indian prince from an assassination plot designed to ignite a war.

Rajini, a Sri Lankan Tamil girl, narrates the horrific tale of why she had to leave her homeland and become a refugee in India.

Chandar is a black leopard who lives near the beach of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) together with his mother and his sister.

The wealthy plantation owner Pinaud is brutally murdered in Ceylon. His attractive German wife Anne is suspected of the crime and arrested by Inspector Cerdan. He is ordered to take her to Colombo. But the plane on the way there gets caught in a heavy storm and crashes shortly afterwards. Anne Pinaud and Cerdan are the only survivors of the crew and save themselves on a desert island. There they come across Werner Becker, who has been shipwrecked with his yacht and is also stranded here. While Cerdan continues to believe Anne is guilty of the crime, Werner believes she is innocent. Soon the tension between the two men builds up and they become rivals for Anne's favor.

In 5th-century Ceylon, the God King rises to power and unleashes his tyrannical rule on the people. The movie explores the historical events surrounding his reign and the impact it has on the kingdom.

This Traveltalk series short takes the viewer to the island nation when it was still a British crown colony and the name Sri Lanka was 40 years in the future.

Fitzpatrick Traveltalks

In this travelogue of Ceylon, the first stop is Colombo, the capital and chief seaport of this island nation. A short train ride from Colombo is Mount Lavinia, one of the country's most popular pleasure resorts. The next stop is the Peradeniya Gardens, the highlight of which is a magnificent avenue of majestic royal palms. Another botanical item of interest in Ceylon is the manufacture of rubber and the abundance of rubber trees in cultivation. The final stop is the city of Kandy, the primary attraction of which is the Temple of the Tooth.

A visit to the island of Java when it was part of the Dutch East Indies, and Sri Lanka when it was still called Ceylon.

A village hires a priestess to pray for the safety of their pearl fishermen, but long lost love gets in the way.

Can you be loyal to two nations? It's the question posed to the Anglo-Irish class of the 1930s. Landed Protestants with English accents, growing up in a newly independent, Catholic, and staunchly anti-English Ireland. This doc takes a personal look at this historical identity crisis, rich in contradictions. Tracking one family's fortunes the film explores how, as Irish nationalism took hold, this individualistic family fought to stay in Ireland.