The Way Back

“Their escape was just the beginning.”

7.0(1,726)20102h 13m

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.

Director

Peter Weir

Budget

$30.0M

Revenue

$24.2M

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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

Reviews

2 reviews

tanty

12y ago

7.0

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

6y ago

8.0

***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...