The railway man, screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Patterson ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky
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The railway man, screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Patterson ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for disturbing prisoner of war violence
Main title
The railway man
Oclc number
881693602
Responsibility statement
screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Patterson ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky
Runtime
108
Summary
Eric Lomax is a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering from the psychological trauma, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor from the prison camp in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate. Based on a true story
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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- World War, 1939-1945 + Atrocities -- Drama
- Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Scottish -- Drama
- Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama
- Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography -- Drama
- Lomax, Eric
- World War, 1939-1945 + Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Conscript labor -- Drama
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- World War, 1939-1945 + Atrocities -- Drama
- Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Scottish -- Drama
- Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama
- Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography -- Drama
- Lomax, Eric
- World War, 1939-1945 + Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Conscript labor -- Drama
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