Movie
The Railway Man
Overview
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
Details
- Release date
- 2013-12-02
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Archer Street Productions, Pictures in Paradise, Latitude Media, Thai Occidental Productions, Silver Reel, Lionsgate, Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, Transmission Films, Davis Films
- Country
- Australia, France, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Colin Firth as Eric
- Nicole Kidman as Patti
- Stellan Skarsgård as Finlay
- Jeremy Irvine as Young Eric
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Nagase
- Tanroh Ishida as Young Nagase
- Michael MacKenzie as Sutton
- Jeffrey Daunton as Burton
- Tom Stokes as Withins
- Bryan Probets as Major York
- Tom Hobbs as Thorlby
- Sam Reid as Young Finlay
Crew
- Jonathan Teplitzky - Director
- Andy Paterson - Screenplay
- Frank Cottrell Boyce - Screenplay
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