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Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, 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 the psychological trauma of his wart...

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Other Authors: Cottrell Boyce, Frank (Screenwriter), Paterson, Andy (Screenwriter), Firth, Colin, 1960- (Actor), Kidman, Nicole, 1967- (Actor), Irvine, Jeremy, 1990- (Actor), Skarsgård, Stellan (Actor), Sanada, Hiroyuki, 1960- (Actor), Reid, C. S. (C. Sam) (Actor), Ishida, Tanroh (Actor), Lomax, Eric
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]
Subjects:
Burma-Siam Railroad > History > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese > Drama.
Lomax, Eric > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Conscript labor > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Drama.
Prisoners of war > Thailand > Biography > Drama.
Prisoners of war > Great Britain > Biography > Drama.
Biographical films.
War films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Evans: Media and Reserves (Annex 1st floor)

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Call Number: PN1997.2 .R34423 2014
 
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