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The Railway Man

2014·1h 56m·R
DramaBiographyRomanceWar
IMDb Rating
★ 7.1/10
44,542 votes
Metascore
59
Metacritic

A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.

The Railway Man is a 2014 drama biography movie directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.1/10 from 44,542 votes and runs 1h 56m.

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Director
Jonathan Teplitzky
Stars
Colin Firth
Nicole Kidman
Stellan Skarsgård
Jeremy Irvine
Details
2014-05-23
116 min
Movie
R
★ United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, Thailand
★ English, Japanese
Keywords
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