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📅 2010 ⏱ 2h 13min PG-13 Released FHD / 4K

The Way Back

"Their escape was just the beginning."

DramaAdventureHistory

A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.

🎬 DirectorPeter Weir

📅 Release2010-11-22

🌍 CountryPoland, United Arab Emirates, United States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish, Polish, Russian

🏢 StudioExclusive Media, National Geographic Films, Image Nation Abu Dhabi

🗳 Votes1,716

🔥 Popularity3

💰 Budget$30,000,000

💵 Revenue$24,172,201

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🎭 Cast

Ed Harris

Mr. Smith

Jim Sturgess

Janusz Wieszczek

Saoirse Ronan

Irena Zielińska

Colin Farrell

Valka

Mark Strong

Andrei Khabarov

Gustaf Skarsgård

Andrejs Voss

Dejan Angelov

Andrei

Dragoș Bucur

Zoran

Sally Brunski

Janusz's Wife, 1939

Alexandru Potocean

Tomasz Horodinsky

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Kazik

Zahari Baharov

Interrogator

Ihor Hniezdilov

Bohdan

Stanislav Pishtalov

Commandant

Mariy Grigorov

Lazar

🎥 Crew

ProducerNigel Sinclair

ProducerPeter Weir

Production AccountantDuncan Henderson

ProducerJoni Levin

DirectorPeter Weir

ScreenplayPeter Weir

ProducerKeith Clark

CastingLina Todd

Production DesignJohn Stoddart

Director of PhotographyRussell Boyd

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🏷 Keywords

escapeworld war iisoviet unionanti-communismindiagulagamericanthugbased on memoir or autobiographycommunismpolitical repressionussr

💬 Reviews

Andres Gomez⭐ 7/10

It is always a pleasure to watch one of Ed Harris movies. The plot hooks you and the staging is impressive but the movie is not as thrilling as it could have been.…

Wuchak⭐ 8/10

***Better to die free than live under the shackles of communism*** "The Way Back" (2010) takes place circa 1940-42 and details a group's mad escape from a Siberian gulag through the cold, desolate Soviet wilderness into Mongolia, across the great Gobi desert, through mountainous Tibet and ultimately freedom in India. The film was inspired by Slavomir Rawicz' popular book "The Long Walk: The Tru…