The Railway Man is a movie directed by Jonathan Teplitzky in 2013 and based on the book of the same name by Eric Lomax, first published in 1995. The movie features Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sam Reid, and others.
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Storyline
During the Second World War, Eric Lomax is a British officer who is captured by the Japanese in Singapore and sent to a Japanese POW camp, where he is forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway north of the Malay Peninsula. During his time in the camp as one of the Far East prisoners of war, Lomax is tortured by the Kempeitai for building a radio receiver from spare parts.
Movie vs Book
Year
2013
Minutes
116
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Railway Man
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Country: Switzerland
Year: 2013
Length: 1h56m
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Year
1995
Pages
246
Book Rate
8.22
S: Goodreads
Book
The Railway Man
Author: Eric Lomax
Country: UK
First published in: 1995
Length: 246 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“I’ve had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I’ve been very lucky with Hollywood.”
JOHN GRISHAM (Writer)
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