The Railway Man
2013 · Movie · 1h 56m · R
DramaHistory
"Revenge is never a straight line."
Overview
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
59/100
Key crew
- Jonathan TeplitzkyDirector
- Andy PatersonScreenplay
- Frank Cottrell BoyceScreenplay
- David HirschfelderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Colin FirthEric
- Nicole KidmanPatti
- Stellan SkarsgårdFinlay
- Jeremy IrvineYoung Eric
- Hiroyuki SanadaNagase
- Tanroh IshidaYoung Nagase
- Michael MacKenzieSutton
- Jeffrey DauntonBurton
- Tom StokesWithins
- Bryan ProbetsMajor York
- Tom HobbsThorlby
- Sam ReidYoung Finlay
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Themes
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)world war iivictimredemptionbased on true storyautobiographyrevengetorture