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The railway man

Teplitzky, Jonathan, (film director.). Firth, Colin, 1960- (actor.). Kidman, Nicole, 1967- (actor.). Skarsgård, Stellan, (actor.). Irvine, Jeremy, 1990- (actor.). Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960- (actor.). Entertainment One (Firm : Canada), (film distributor.). Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgard, Jeremy Irvine, Sam Reid, Hiroyuki Sanada. (Cast).

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.

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  • Physical Description: videodisc
    1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]
  • Distributor: [United States] : distributed by Entertainment One Films Canada

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from web page.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Restrictions on Access Note:
LICENSED FOR HOME USE ONLY
Participant or Performer Note: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgard, Jeremy Irvine, Sam Reid, Hiroyuki Sanada.
Target Audience Note:
BRUTAL VIOLENCE - DISTURBING CONTENT - MANITOBA FILM CLASSIFICATION BOARD
System Details Note:
DVD, widescreen.

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Subject: Lomax, Eric
Burma-Siam Railroad -- History -- Drama
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Drama
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Scottish -- Drama
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Drama
Prisoners of war -- Thailand -- Biography -- Drama
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Drama
Genre: Feature films.

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  • 4 of 4 copies available at Sitka.

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Altona Library DVD ENT Rai (Text) 35864001875366 Videos Volume hold Available -
Big Lake Branch RAI (Text) 33923005905074 Digital Video Disc Volume hold Available -
Interlakes Branch RAI (Text) 33923003917105 Digital Video Disc Volume hold Available -
Williams Lake Branch RAI (Text) 33923005480318 Digital Video Disc Volume hold Available -
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