Movie
The Way Back
2010PG-132h 13m7.0 / 10
Their escape was just the beginning.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Way Back
Cast
Ed HarrisMr. Smith
Jim SturgessJanusz Wieszczek
Saoirse RonanIrena Zielińska
Colin FarrellValka
Mark StrongAndrei Khabarov
Gustaf SkarsgårdAndrejs Voss
Dejan AngelovAndrei
Dragoș BucurZoranCredits
- Directed by
- Peter Weir
- Written by
- Peter Weir, Keith R. Clarke, Slavomir Rawicz
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $24.2M
Production
Exclusive MediaUnited States
National Geographic FilmsUnited States
Image Nation Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates- Exclusive Films
- Monolith FilmsPoland
Themes
americananti-communismbased on memoir or autobiographycommunismescapegulagindiapolitical repression
