Photo Coverage: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and More at THE RAILWAY MAN TIFF Gala

In THE RAILWAY MAN, Academy Award winners Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman star in the true story of Eric Lomax, a British soldier in World War II who endured gruelling conditions as a forced labourer on the Thailand Death Railway after being captured by Japanese troops. The film just held its gala presentation at this year's Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, and BroadwayWorld brings you photos below!

Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky from a screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson, the cast also includes Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sam Reid and Tanroh Ishida.

Teplitzky was born in Sydney, Australia. He has directed numerous music videos, commercials and television series, as well as the features Better Than Sex (00) and Burning Man (11), both of which screened at the Festival. His other features includeGettin' Square (03) and The Railway Man (13).

Photo Credit: Walter McBride