Bibliograph

The railway man, screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Patterson ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky

Type

Label

The railway man, screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Patterson ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for disturbing prisoner of war violence

Main title

The railway man

Oclc number

881693602

Responsibility statement

screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Patterson ; directed by Jonathan Teplitzky

Runtime

108

Summary

Eric Lomax is a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering from the psychological trauma, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor from the prison camp in an attempt to let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate. Based on a true story

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification