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Quick Info

Rating

6.8/10

Release2013

Runtime1h 56m

StatusReleased

Budget$18,000,000

Revenue$24,174,885

Production

Archer Street Productions

Pictures in Paradise

Latitude Media

Thai Occidental Productions

Silver Reel

Lionsgate

Screen Australia

Screen Queensland

Transmission Films

Davis Films

Movie

The Railway Man

2013

1h 56m

6.8

Drama

History

Synopsis

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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