72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Railway Man

Jonathan Teplitzky
UK-Australia      116 m.
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Starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine and Stellan Skarsgård, the film is based on the true story of Eric Lomax, a British officer fascinated with railways since childhood. During World War II he was captured by the Japanese and sent to a work camp on the Burma-Thailand railway line where he and his fellow prisoners were forced to survive the torture inflicted on them by their captors in extreme conditions. Years later, Lomax is retired and lives in the north of England with his wife Patricia, focussed on his passion for trains, when he discovers that the Japanese soldier responsible for a large part of his suffering is still alive...

Director
Jonathan Teplitzky
Screenplay
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Paterson, Based on the memoir by Eric Lomax
Production
Railway Man Ltd (United Kingdom)
Andy Paterson, Chris Brown, Bill Curbishley
Photography
Garry Phillips
Edition
Martin Connor
Music
David Hirschfelder
Cast
Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Hiroyuki Sanada
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
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Running Time
110 m.
Country
UK-Australia
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