The Railway Man

Theatrical - Limited 2014-04-11

Cast Colin Firth Nicole Kidman Stellan Skarsgard Jeremy Irvine Hiroyuki Sanada
Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky

Box Office Gross: $24,174,885

Running Time: 116 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Archer Street Productions, Pictures in Paradise, Latitude Media, Thai Occidental Productions, Silver Reel, Lionsgate, Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, Transmission Films, Davis Films

Genres: Drama History

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Synopsis

A victim from World War II’s “Death Railway” sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

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