THE RAILWAY MAN
synopsis
The true story of Eric Lomax, a British officer fascinated with railways since childhood. During World War II he was captured by the Japanese and sent to a work camp where he and his fellow prisoners were forced to survive the torture inflicted on them by their captors in extreme conditions.
| original title: | The Railway Man |
| country: | Australia, United Kingdom |
| sales agent: | Lionsgate International/CAA |
| year: | 2013 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Jonathan Teplitzky |
| film run: | 110' |
| release date: | ES 13/12/2013, IE 03/01/2014, UK 03/01/2014, CZ 13/03/2014, PT 13/03/2014, SK 13/03/2014, FI 28/03/2014, PL 04/04/2014, NL 01/05/2014, FR 11/06/2014, GR 10/07/2014, LT 18/07/2014, DE 25/06/2015 |
| screenplay: | Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Paterson |
| cast: | Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Hiroyuki Sanada |
| cinematography by: | Garry Phillips |
| film editing: | Martin Connor |
| art director: | Nicki McCallum |
| costumes designer: | Lizzy Gardiner |
| music: | David Hirschfelder |
| producer: | Chris Brown, Bill Curbishley, Andy Paterson |
| production: | Archer Street, Lionsgate |
| distributor: | DeAPlaneta, Entertainment One - eOne Films Benelux, Forum Film Poland, Metropolitan Filmexport, Future Film Oy Ab, Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, PRIS Audiovisuais, Koch Media Gmbh |
