5/1/2023 0 Comments The railway man true story![]() Unfortunately, Eric Lomax passed away in 2012. Eric takes it upon himself to confront this man once and for all, but will this confrontation be for revenge or forgiveness? However, things change when Eric finds out one of his former torturers is still alive and allegedly benefiting from his past misdeeds. It was only after meeting Patti (Nicole Kidman) in his 60s that Eric was able to make sense of his experiences and get help. When the radio was discovered, however, the Japanese severely tortured Eric, something that affected him the rest of his life. ![]() To boost morale, Eric and a few of his fellow soldiers built a one way radio that allowed them to hear the status of the war, yet they couldn’t transmit anything back. Eric’s group of soldiers was transported to Thailand and forced to build the Burma Railway, a grueling task that took the lives of many men (some 12,399 POWs) leading it to be nicknamed the Death Railway. More than 80,000 British soldiers (including Indian and Australian troops) surrendered and were taken as POWs, making it the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. Eric (played as a young man by Jeremy Irvine and as an adult by Colin Firth) was working as a radio technician for the British army in Singapore when the Japanese attacked and conquered the area. Honestly, the story is so epic and heart-wrenching, it’s hard to believe it took this long to make it into a movie.īased on a best-selling autobiography of the same name, The Railway Man focuses on the life of Patti’s husband, Eric Lomax during his time in WWII. This great film tells the true story of a man’s lifelong struggle with revenge, forgiveness, and remembrance in a time of war. I had the pleasure of interviewing writer/producer Andy Paterson and Patti Lomax, in support of their film, The Railway Man.
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