The Railway Man
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Cast & Crew
Jonathan Teplitzky
Colin Firth
Jeremy Irvine
Nicole Kidman
Stellan Skarsgård
Hiroyuki Sanada
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Synopsis
When Japanese forces overrun Singapore in 1942, thousands of soldiers are taken prisoner. Eric Lomax, a 21-year-old engineer and railway enthusiast, is sent to work on the construction of the notorious Death Railway in Thailand, where Eric witnesses unimaginable suffering and is tortured for building a secret radio. After the war, he returns home, haunted by the face of one young Japanese officer, and shuts himself off from the world. When he falls in love with Patti, ten years later, it seems as if he has finally left the past behind. But, on their wedding night, the nightmares return. When Patti learns the whereabouts of the Japanese officer whose memory still torments her husband, she must decide if she will give this information to Eric, who is desperate for revenge, and stand by him no matter what decision he makes.
Director
Jonathan Teplitzky
Cast

Colin Firth
Jeremy Irvine

Nicole Kidman

Stellan Skarsgård
Hiroyuki Sanada
Akos Armont
Tom Hobbs
Masa Yamaguchi
Sam Reid
Tom Stokes
Tanroh Ishida
Bryan Probets
Ewen Leslie
Crew
Nikki Barrett
Claudia Bluemhuber
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Chris Brown
Colleen Clarke
Martin Connor
Gethin Creagh
Bill Curbishley
Annalise Davis
Lizzy Gardiner
Barbara Gibbs
Samuel Hadida
Victor Hadida
David Hirschfelder
Ian Hutchinson
Steven Jones-evans
Daria Jovicic
Zygi Kamasa
Nick Manzi
Nicki Mccallum
Colin Nicolson
Andy Paterson
Andy Paterson
Garry Phillips
James Rogers
Michelle Sahayan
Anand Tucker
Oliver Veysey
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States April 11, 2014
Released in United States on Video August 12, 2014
Based on the book "The Railway Man: A Pow's Searing Account of War, Brutality and Forgiveness" written by Eric Lomax and published by W.W. Norton and Co. on January 3, 1995.
Anand Tucker previously attached to direct.
Limited Release in United States April 11, 2014
Rachel Weisz was previously attached to play the role of Patti.
Released in United States on Video August 12, 2014