The Way Back

2010 133 min ★ 7.0 Drama, Adventure, History

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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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

Details

Director

Peter Weir

Screenplay

Peter Weir

Tagline

"Their escape was just the beginning."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$24,172,201

Production

Exclusive Media, National Geographic Films, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Exclusive Films, Monolith Films

Reviews

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Andres Gomez

November 26, 2013

★ 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.

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Wuchak

October 23, 2019

★ 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...