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The Railway Man (2013)

The Railway Man (2013)

R 116 minutes EN Drama , History
Revenge is never a straight line.
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
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Colin Firth
Colin Firth
Eric
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Patti
Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård
Finlay
Jeremy Irvine
Jeremy Irvine
Young Eric
Hiroyuki Sanada
Hiroyuki Sanada
Nagase
Tanroh Ishida
Tanroh Ishida
Young Nagase
Michael MacKenzie
Michael MacKenzie
Sutton
Jeffrey Daunton
Jeffrey Daunton
Burton
Tom Stokes
Tom Stokes
Withins
Bryan Probets
Bryan Probets
Major York
Tom Hobbs
Tom Hobbs
Thorlby
Sam Reid
Sam Reid
Young Finlay
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Production crew

David Hirschfelder
Original Music Composer
Garry Phillips
Director of Photography
Steven Jones-Evans
Production Design
Nicki McCallum
Art Direction
Nicki Gardiner
Set Decoration
Lizzy Gardiner
Costume Design
Jonathan Teplitzky
Director
Andy Paterson
Producer
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Production companies: Archer Street Productions, Pictures in Paradise, Latitude Media, Thai Occidental Productions, Silver Reel, Lionsgate, Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, Transmission Films, Davis Films
Production countries: Australia, France, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom
Budget: $18,000,000
Revenue: $24,174,885

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post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
world war ii
victim
redemption
based on true story
autobiography
revenge
torture

Certificate:

R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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