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Eric Lomax diente als britischer Offizier im Zweiten Weltkrieg in Japan und geriet dort in Gefangenschaft. Die erlittene Folter hat ihn zutiefst verstört. Selbst vor seiner großen Liebe, der Krankenschwester Patti, verschließt er sich. Erics. Die Liebe seines Lebens – The Railway Man ist ein britisch-australischer Kriegsfilm von Jonathan Teplitzky aus dem Jahr mit Colin Firth, Jeremy Irvine. The Railway Man - Die Liebe seines Lebens [dt./OV]. ()IMDb 7,11 Std. 47 MinX-Ray Eric Lomax ist kein Mann der vielen Worte. Das ändert sich, als. surf2go.eu - Kaufen Sie The Railway Man - Die Liebe seines Lebens günstig ein. Qualifizierte Bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Sie finden Rezensionen. Gut zwei Jahre später findet "The Railway Man" nun endlich seinen Weg in deutsche Kinos. Mit großen Preisen, vom Oscar ganz zu schweigen. Entdecke die Filmstarts Kritik zu "Die Liebe seines Lebens - The Railway Man" von Jonathan Teplitzky: Sie galt als eine der spektakulärsten Bahnstrecken der. Die Liebe seines Lebens (The Railway Man). Regie: Jonathan Teplitzky,. Min., Australien/ Großbritannien ;. mit: Colin Firth, Stellan.
Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.
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Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Jeremy Irvine Young Eric Colin Firth Finlay Nicole Kidman Patti Michael MacKenzie Sutton Jeffrey Daunton Burton Tanroh Ishida Young Takeshi Nagase Bryan Probets Major York Tom Stokes Withins Tom Hobbs Thorlby Sam Reid Young Finlay Akos Armont Jackson Takato Kitamoto Japanese Officer Keith Fleming Removal Man Ben Aldridge Taglines: Revenge is never a straight line.
As a lieutenant , he had been captured by the Japanese following the surrender of Singapore in February He was transferred to Outram Road Prison in Singapore for the remainder of the war.
On 12 September , it was gazetted that he had been mentioned in despatches "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services while [a Prisoner] of War".
Unable to adjust to civilian life, Lomax joined the Colonial Service and was posted to the Gold Coast now Ghana until He retired in His later life included reconciliation with one of his former torturers, interpreter Takashi Nagase of Kurashiki , Japan.
Nagase had written a book on his own experiences during and after the war entitled Crosses and Tigers , and financed a Buddhist temple at the bridge to atone for his actions during the war.
The film received several awards. Lomax's death, at the age of 93, was announced by the BBC on 8 October He died in Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland.
A keen railway enthusiast and transport photographer, Lomax joined the Stephenson Locomotive Society in , [12] and his enthusiasm for railways stayed with him to his death.
He married his first wife Agnes "Nan" on 20 November , just three weeks after being liberated. They had three children, Linda May b. She moved from Canada to the United Kingdom in Lomax left Nan several months later and married Patti in Told as a true story of the author's real life events this is a very emotional read.
He did enjoy reading it and now wishes to see the movie to see how that compares. Sep 10, J. Published in , I decided to read this after I had seen the trailer for the film.
My interest was piqued as the film starred Colin Firth. Colin Firth is a lover of literature and for the most part has chosen wisely in terms of film adaptations e.
The book centers on Eric Lomax a Scottish engineer with the British army who was taken prisoner by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore.
The book starts with Published in , I decided to read this after I had seen the trailer for the film. The book starts with Lomax's early years in Edinburgh, working for the post office, his jaunts out to disused railway tracks and his job working as a signal man in Edinburgh Castle.
He set out for Singapore in The British largely underestimated the Japanese. Singapore fell easily, 80, British troops were captured.
Strangely they thought the Japanese had night blindness due to the shape of their eyes. Initially the PoW's are allowed plenty of freedom, Lomax helps to build a radio which is used to provide much needed news to his compatriots of the allied advancement.
The radio is discovered and what follows is a horrifying account of men being physically and psychologically broken in the 'monkey houses' of Kanchanaburi.
Railways and trains are the refrain throughout this book. His Japanese translator and interrogator referred to his 'railway mania'. We think of water boarding as a part of modern warfare torture but it was used quite liberally in the case of the captured British PoWs.
When he returns home the psychological terror does not abate. Post traumatic stress is a common theme in other accounts I have read. There was very little support for these men, certainly the general public was not aware of the true extent of the horrors faced on the front line.
He focuses his hatred on the little Japanese man who translated and led the interrogations. He meets his second wife Patti on a train in It is Patti who persuades him to seek help.
He then begins to recover and piece together what happened to his interrogator. His first family aren't mentioned that much nor his time spent in Africa.
Post traumatic stress costs him his first marriage, his family are also the victims of his trauma. There is an interesting article in the Guardian which gives a voice to Charmaine Lomax's daughter from his first marriage.
Yet again we are presented with a written account as a form of therapy. This is a unique account about the horror of torture, catharsis and the endeavor to forgive.
This work displays some decent writing and it is certainly very moving. Dec 02, Nigel rated it it was amazing Shelves: best-recent-ones , best-non-fiction.
It is a while since any book has moved me to tears but this one did so and more than once. The story of Eric Lomax's life before the war is followed by a narrative of his time on the Burma railway which can really only be described as terrible even if it is delivered in a fairly factual manner.
However what I found even harder to read was the effect that his wartime torture and degradation had had on his later life. That he was able to get some closure on this later in life was incredibly moving It is a while since any book has moved me to tears but this one did so and more than once.
That he was able to get some closure on this later in life was incredibly moving. Welcome to my latest review! First of all I want to say thank you for the support on my latest blog post and review which broke my like record at 10 likes!
This means so much to me! Eric Lomax joined the British Army Royal Corps Of Signals in and soon after he volunteered for service in defending British Singapore from the advancing Welcome to my latest review!
Eric Lomax joined the British Army Royal Corps Of Signals in and soon after he volunteered for service in defending British Singapore from the advancing Imperial Japanese Army, after the fall of Singapore in he was taken prisoner as well as thousands of other Allied Servicemen.
This is his tale of captivity and brutality at the hands of the Japanese. Many died for many reasons mostly forced labour and starvation as well as mass murder in the building of the Burma-Siam Railway.
If you enjoy memoirs then I definitely recommend The Railway Man, it's quite a short read too which is great for reluctant readers.
I definitely rate this the full five stars for the reasons stated above and the way the memoir is written makes it a pleasure to read. Thanks for reading this review!
Please subscribe and check out my twitter and Goodreads! Dec 13, Betsy Everett rated it it was amazing. Just read this again, after several years, on hearing a film was imminent.
It made an even bigger impression second time round. It's the sort of book you can't get out of your head when you've finished it: the image of the little Edinburgh boy who cycled all over the city, and gradually further afield, to see and wonder at and mark the progress of the steam trains and railways he loved, never leaves you.
Throughout all the pain and horror he then experiences as a prisoner of war at the hands of Just read this again, after several years, on hearing a film was imminent.
Throughout all the pain and horror he then experiences as a prisoner of war at the hands of the Japanese and, ironically, against the background of the building of the ultimately useless Burma-Siam railway, it's hard to remember that he was still only 26 when the war ended.
The story of a gentle, quiet, serious boy, robbed of his innocence as he faces the most brutal torture, is almost too painful. The manner of his eventual coming to terms with the experiences that scarred his soul is impossible to read about without shedding tears.
It's an amazing story. I was so sad to learn that Eric Lomax had died last year and that I had somehow missed his passing - but heartened to know that his widow, Patti, approved of the film and felt it did him justice.
Think it's released at the end of December. A must-see, with Colin Firth playing the lead. One of the best fascinating chapter memoirs as narrated by an English veteran who was captured in Singapore and forwarded to Kanchanaburi informally shortened as 'Kanburi' like a spoken Thai term the notorious site for the death railway toward Burma during the years nearing the end of the Second World War.
Surprisingly, before I encountered this book, I had not had any idea or information on it and I thought there was only a well-known military novel by Pierre Boulle, that is, The Bridge Ov One of the best fascinating chapter memoirs as narrated by an English veteran who was captured in Singapore and forwarded to Kanchanaburi informally shortened as 'Kanburi' like a spoken Thai term the notorious site for the death railway toward Burma during the years nearing the end of the Second World War.
Surprisingly, before I encountered this book, I had not had any idea or information on it and I thought there was only a well-known military novel by Pierre Boulle, that is, The Bridge Over the River Kwai Presidio Press, on which the famous movie The Bridge on the River Kwai was based and directed by David Lean.
To continue. View all 7 comments. Jan 03, Laura rated it really liked it Shelves: history , read , british-literature , memoir-biography , audio-books.
Read by Alec Heggie. Another splendid BBC dramatization. It must be really good. Apr 12, Diana rated it really liked it Shelves: history , memoir-bio , non-fiction , war.
Years after the WWII, he came face-to-face with one of his captors — Japanese interpreter Takashi Nagase, a meeting that finally led to a reconciliation.
His natural stubbornness and quick thinking, as well as luck, saved him eventually from the worst. Few guessed that these people continued to wage the war in their minds.
Lomax experienced that and much worse, and was miraculously saved from this fate. Some part of him, however, — his mind- continued to function in that stressful condition even after the war ended.
The information that his death was imminent had a profound effect on him as it would be on anyone. I had just been sentenced to death by a man of my own age who looked as if he were a little detached from his surroundings, and who seemed completely indifferent to my fate.
I had no reason to doubt him. Lomax finally took an unprecedented move in the s to seek out some of those people who were responsible for his torture he initially planned revenge for them.
His meeting with one of his interrogators from the year might just have been an act of final closure for him as he knew he had to start making peace with his past if he were to carry on with his life.
The book becomes rather emotional by the end. However, the book is still an eye-opening, unflinching account which is an important, unique and unforgettable read.
Mar 27, Carol rated it it was amazing Shelves: military , favorites , biography. Eric Lomax writes a beautiful and moving war memoir of his early love and obsession with trains and his ironic war time experiences that bring him in contact with the railway again in the most horrific way.
He loves trains so much as a boy that his parents worry about him. He knows all details of operations of trains, trams and cable cars of the early 20th century and is a big fan of the steam engine.
He grew up in the Portabello section of Edinburgh, Scotland. His mother is from the Shetland Is Eric Lomax writes a beautiful and moving war memoir of his early love and obsession with trains and his ironic war time experiences that bring him in contact with the railway again in the most horrific way.
His mother is from the Shetland Islands and her people spoke a ancient Norse dialect. His love of trains extends into adulthood and he becomes a trainspotter.
Lomax and his men are ordered to keep their guns pointed toward the ocean the only likely direction of attack from the Japanese. The jungle being too dense for the enemy to cross but the Japanese do cross the jungle and take them from behind.
The greatest civil engineering disaster in history. This railways was depicted in the movie, "Bridge on the River Kwai", though Lomax says it is the most unrealistic depiction of POW conditions with the healthiest looking prisoners he had ever seen.
At first Lomax's time in the prison camp was not too harsh. There were no prison walls and prisoners could travel about the island and collect fruit and fish and other food.
But no one could leave the island. It was impossible. Jungle to the west and the endless sea to the east. Most killings and torture were heard second hand.
But the soldiers were desperate for information about the war so they build a radio to receive news. This secret radio was the one link to hope and in the end their downfall.
The Japanese discover the radio on a raid of the POW camp and the officers are taken away and beaten and tortured repeatedly.
Just the waiting to be beaten was a form of torture and Lomax watches his fellow officers beaten and is then he is beaten. He is beaten so badly his entire body from the neck down is black with bruises.
His arms broken. He is water boarded and beaten again. Then sent off to another labor camp which is rampant with disease and starvation. Solders live on two bowls of rice a day and their ribs and spine protrude through their skin.
It is not long before Lomax takes on a skeletal appearance too. He manages to get placed in a hospital and hears news that two devastating bombs are dropped on Japan destroying entire cities.
The war is over and the Japanese surrender. Lomax returns to Scotland a broken man. His mother has died. Unable to talk about his experiences to anyone and told to move on, he does the best he can but is constantly haunted by the brutality of his prison years.
He has nightmares and is cold and distant with his wife. He hates the Japanese. No one understands what he is going through. Post traumatic stress disorder and treatment does not exist at this time in history.
So he suffers in silence. Many civilians believe that POW's sat out the war and had a leisure existence. Fifty years have pass and Lomax is given therapy he so desperately needed.
And by some strange coincidence he finds out the translator in the prison camp is still alive. Lomax is given the opportunity to meet the Japanese translator with the sing-song voice, who he despised the most.
He has not seen a single Japanese person since the end of the war. For years all he wanted to do is kill his tormentors but what happens is so surprising it brought me to tears.
Lomax speaks so open and freely about his torture and humiliation at the hands of the Japanese. He speaks frankly of the effects on his life and the life of his family and the later tragedies that occur on the next generation.
You can't help but think that this must have been good therapy for him to finally get his thoughts and experiences out in the open after years of suppression.
Such a moving book. Six Stars. A must read. Jun 23, Paul Lima rated it it was amazing. When the British surrender in the far east to the Japanese, thousands of soldiers become prisoners of war.
This is the story of one of them, although it touches on many of them. The first half of the book covers this train-lover's growing up in Scotland in what can only be called a time of innocence.
Most of the second half of the book covers the time he spends as a POW. The last part of the book covers his return to freedom at the end of the war I don't want to give too much away, other than to say this is a powerful story.
At one point it was so excruciating that I had to put the book down for a few days. The ending, however, is beautiful and uplifting.
I confess I saw the movie before reading the book so I knew where it was going. The movie is solid, but I know how they bend the truth to make a more compelling narrative in movies, and I wanted the full story -- so I then read the book.
If you have to choose between the movie or book, pick the book. As powerful as various scenes in the movie are, they can't compete, in my humble opinion, with words on the page.
The book is simply structured -- flows from beginning to end -- and incredible well written. Lomax must have been 75 when he wrote the book, and it's a masterpiece about man's inhumanity to man, and about forgiveness.
A wonderful, and at times excruciating, read. Feb 07, Diane Warrington rated it really liked it Shelves: auto-biography. A very difficult but compelling read, this is the story of a man who went through the utmost brutality in WW11 but had the courage to realise that the process of forgiving one of his captors would help heal himself.
This is a very difficult read in places. All of the rubbish tv in the world Hannibal, CSI etc cannot match some of the scenes in this book for horror and absolute lack of humanity.
The eternal question is, what happens to some men that during times of war all the rulebooks of commo A very difficult but compelling read, this is the story of a man who went through the utmost brutality in WW11 but had the courage to realise that the process of forgiving one of his captors would help heal himself.
The eternal question is, what happens to some men that during times of war all the rulebooks of common decency and care get overthrown for thuggery and depravity?
I can't answer the question. Some parts were difficult to read but I completely understood his love of trains I grew up in the age of steam trains in New Zealand.
Even when a prisoner he could find solace in a engine that appears near the pow camp. The irony of so many lives wasted over a futile attempt to build a railway in the worst possible place in the world is not lost on him either.
The end of his story gives you hope for humans. A good read indeed.
Awz Milan Man. Sie galt als eine der spektakulärsten Kino Halle Neustadt der Welt. Möchte ich sehen. Späte Liebe: Die vom Leben enttäuschte Frau verliebt sich in den charmanten Nerd, der ihr jede erdenkliche Zugverbindung aufsagen kann. Wir haben Regisseur Jonathan Teplitzky in Berlin getroffen, um mit ihm ein exklusives Interview zu seinem starbesetzten Drama Er reist nach Thailand, wo Nagase Football Nfl Museum betreibt. Colin Firth. Icon: Menü Menü. Der Japaner erzählt, die militärische Führung Japans habe sie im Krieg belogen.The Railway Man - The Railway Man
Kidman, Firth und Irvine wurden weitläufig gelobt. Offizieller Filmtrailer. Neu ab 5. In einem Gefangenlager in Thailand wurden die Männer bei schlechter Versorgung und unter brutaler Folter gezwungen, den Bau einer Eisenbahnstrecke voranzutreiben. Wo kann man diesen Film schauen? The Railway Man. Nach seiner Heimkehr bleibt er traumatisiert und die Liebe zur Eisenbahn lange Jahre die einzige Konstante seines Lebens — bis zur Begegnung mit Patti. Hierzulande ist allerdings die britische Armee-Historie kaum geläufig. Dennoch lässt ihn auch nach der Hochzeit ein Trauma aus seiner Vergangenheit noch immer nicht los. Visa-Nummer. Im Schatten der Brücke über den Kwai Damit nicht Kofuku Weil der junge Funkoffizier heimlich ein Radio baut, wird er als Spion verdächtigt und mit Stockhieben und Waterboarding gefoltert.
Removal Man Ben Aldridge From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. He manages to get placed in a hospital and hears news that two devastating bombs are dropped on Japan destroying entire cities. The manner of his eventual coming to terms with the experiences that scarred his soul is impossible to read about without shedding tears. Flesh and Blood. It is now closed. The depth and shear Hush Hush of this gentleman's WWII Alexandra Maria Lara Nackt experiences, along with his childhood fascination with steam engines and the surging industrial revolution, is bittersweet Filme Stream Programm excellence. Sep 10, J. Retrieved 28 April Das Drama»The Railway Man«mit dem schönen - in die Irre führenden - deutschen Titel»Die Liebe seines Lebens«handelt von einem traumatisierten Mann. In dem Drama "The Railway Man" begibt sich Colin Firth als traumatisierter Kriegsheimkehrer auf die Suche nach seinen früheren Peinigern. Über Filme auf DVD bei Thalia ✓»The Railway Man - Die Liebe seines Lebens«und weitere DVD Filme jetzt online bestellen! Rate this movie. Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. So Fresh: Absolute Must See! You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.
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The Railway Man holds great possibility but wanders off track. Jenni Miller. The filmmakers don't have the nerve for a serious consideration of trauma, vengeance, and forgiveness.
Wesley Morris. The critical problems are an overbusy time-jumping script and reliance on the conventions of the trauma drama - flashbacks, fragmentation, distorted time and space - that prove more a barrier than a window into the character's inner lives.
Liam Lacey. Beautifully acted, The Railway Man is profoundly moving, and yet, somehow, its sentimental ending manages to be both unearned and predictable.
David Hiltbrand. John Anderson. The quality of mercy isn't just strained in The Railway Man, it's measured out by the teaspoonful.
Peter Howell. The Railway Man packs an emotional punch to move even the coldest heart; so powerful you feel the pain, you feel burdens lift as demons are faced, you feel the forgiveness fill the screen and the room, and just watching you are lifted and uplifted.
Debbie Lynn Elias. Director Teplitzky lacks narrative power behind what should be a traumatic experience.
When you see more poignancy in the end credits rather than the actual film, it is a sign to show where the real strength of the story lies.
Katie Smith-Wong. The Railway Man remains a moving film, with strong performances, but its intentions are perhaps better than its delivery.
Christopher Preston. It's a very British film which, behind its initially stiff upper lip, connects with deep emotions that make it a quietly moving story of forgiveness and redemption.
Alexa Dalby. Teplikzky has produced a rushed, soulless and utterly unconvincing BBC drama -- and a poor one at that.
Lee Cassanell. The first two thirds of the film seem to be building towards a satisfying resolution, but it gets there only after taking an improbable twist, and that left a sour taste in my mouth.
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