The railway man / a Jonathan Teplitzky film.

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: LGDR95106 | Lionsgate UKPublication details: [U.K.] : Lionsgate UK, 2014.Description: 1 videodisc (PAL region 2) (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

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videodisc

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DDC classification:

[E] 23

Cast: Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sam Reid, Tanroh Ishida, Marta Dusseldorp, Masa Yamaguchi, Kenichi Enomoto.Subject: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Stellan Skarsgård star in this war drama adapted from Eric Lomax's memoirs about his experiences in a POW camp. While serving in the Second World War, British Army officer Eric Lomax (Jeremy Irvine) is captured and held prisoner by the Japanese. He is brutally tortured and forced, along with his fellow captives, to build the Thai-Burma Railway. Many years later an older Lomax (Firth) is still traumatised by the experience. Supported by his wife Patti (Kidman) and friend Finlay (Skarsgård), he decides to track down one of his torturers, Takashi Nagase (Hiroyuki Sanada), hoping to find the answers that will enable him to finally let go of the hatred he has held for so long.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Visual Materials	Executive Office - 2nd Floor General Collection	RAI JON 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	5055761901733

Based on the memoirs of Eric Lomax.

Credits: music, David Hirschfelder; cinematographer, Garry Phillips.

Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky.

Made in 2013.

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Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sam Reid, Tanroh Ishida, Marta Dusseldorp, Masa Yamaguchi, Kenichi Enomoto.

Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Stellan Skarsgård star in this war drama adapted from Eric Lomax's memoirs about his experiences in a POW camp. While serving in the Second World War, British Army officer Eric Lomax (Jeremy Irvine) is captured and held prisoner by the Japanese. He is brutally tortured and forced, along with his fellow captives, to build the Thai-Burma Railway. Many years later an older Lomax (Firth) is still traumatised by the experience. Supported by his wife Patti (Kidman) and friend Finlay (Skarsgård), he decides to track down one of his torturers, Takashi Nagase (Hiroyuki Sanada), hoping to find the answers that will enable him to finally let go of the hatred he has held for so long.

BBFC code: 15.

In English; subtitles in English for the hearing impaired.

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