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THE RAILWAY MAN

By Jonathan TEPLITZKY

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Drama - Completed 2013

A former British Army officer, who was tormented 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.

- Year of production
- 2013
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Biography
- Countries
- AUSTRALIA, SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Duration
- 116 mn
- Director(s)
- Jonathan TEPLITZKY
- Writer(s)
- Frank COTTRELL BOYCE, Andy PATERSON
- Cast
- Colin FIRTH, Nicole KIDMAN, Jeremy IRVINE, Stellan SKARSGARD, Hiroyuki SANADA
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-795C-0000-U-0000-0000-L
- Producer(s)
- Chris BROWN, Bill CURBISHLEY, Andy PATERSON
- Synopsis
- Eric Lomax was one of thousands of Allied prisoners of war forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. His experiences, after the secret radio he built to bring news and hope to his colleagues was discovered, left him traumatised and shut off from the world. Years later, he met Patti, a beautiful woman, on a train and fell in love. Patti was determined to rid Eric of his demons. Discovering that the young Japanese officer who haunted her husband was still alive, she faced a terrible decision. Should Eric be given a chance to confront his tormentor? Would she stand by him, whatever he did?