The Railway Man

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Australian film British film film war drama film

The Railway Man is a 2013 British-Australian war drama film in which Colin Firth portrays a former World War II prisoner of war confronting the trauma of his past.

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The Railway Man (book) 2
The Railway Man (2013 film) 1
The Railway Man (autobiography) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian film ⓘ
British film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war drama film ⓘ
basedOn The Railway Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Railway Man (book)

autobiography by Eric Lomax ⓘ
cinematography Garry Phillips ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts Burma Railway ⓘ
director Jonathan Teplitzky ⓘ
distributor Lionsgate ⓘ
Transmission Films ⓘ
editedBy Martin Connor ⓘ
filmingLocation Australia ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
war drama ⓘ
war film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Eric Lomax ⓘ
musicBy David Hirschfelder ⓘ
portrays post-traumatic stress disorder ⓘ
portraysActorAs Colin Firth as older Eric Lomax ⓘ
Jeremy Irvine as young Eric Lomax ⓘ
Nicole Kidman as Patti Lomax ⓘ
premiereEvent 2013 Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ
producer Andy Paterson ⓘ
Bill Curbishley ⓘ
Chris Brown ⓘ
productionCompany Lionsgate ⓘ
Transmission Films ⓘ
releaseDate 2013-09-06 ⓘ
releaseYear 2013 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 116 ⓘ
screenwriter Andy Paterson ⓘ
Frank Cottrell-Boyce ⓘ
setDuring World War II ⓘ
starring Colin Firth ⓘ
Hiroyuki Sanada ⓘ
Jeremy Irvine ⓘ
Nicole Kidman ⓘ
Sam Reid ⓘ
Stellan Skarsgård ⓘ
Tanroh Ishida ⓘ
theme forgiveness ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
war trauma ⓘ

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Nicole Kidman as Patti Lomax → adaptedFrom → The Railway Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Railway Man (autobiography)
Nicole Kidman as Patti Lomax → appearsIn → The Railway Man ⓘ
The Railway Man → basedOn → The Railway Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Railway Man (book)
Chris Brown → knownFor → The Railway Man ⓘ
Tanroh Ishida → notableRole → The Railway Man ⓘ
Andy Paterson → notableWork → The Railway Man ⓘ
Chris Brown → notableWork → The Railway Man ⓘ
Colin Firth → notableWork → The Railway Man ⓘ
Frank Cottrell-Boyce → notableWork → The Railway Man ⓘ
Jeremy Irvine → notableWork → The Railway Man ⓘ
Sam Reid → notableWork → The Railway Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Railway Man (2013 film)
Tanroh Ishida → notableWork → The Railway Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Railway Man (book)
Frank Cottrell-Boyce → wroteScreenplayFor → The Railway Man ⓘ