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The Railway Man is a 2013 war film directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. It is an adaptation of the 1995 autobiography of the same name by Eric Lomax, and stars Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, and Stellan Skarsgård. It premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2013.
May 23, 2014 · With Jeremy Irvine, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman. A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.
- (43K)
- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Jonathan Teplitzky
- 2014-05-23
Based on his best-selling memoir, The Railway Man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour...
- 3 min
- 863.8K
- LionsgateFilmsUK
Understated to a fault, The Railway Man transcends its occasionally stodgy pacing with a touching, fact-based story and the quiet chemistry of its stars. Read Critics Reviews
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- Jonathan Teplitzky
- R
- Colin Firth
Apr 11, 2014 · Austere and old-fashioned almost to a fault, "The Railway Man" offers tastefully safe treatment of a horrific subject: the torture of a British Army officer at a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II.
Apr 10, 2014 · If “The Railway Man,” like many films about combat, is reflexively antiwar, it unabashedly celebrates the nobility and courage of British soldiers.
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A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.
