As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)

Original title

So weit die Füße tragen

Directed by

Hardy Martins

Genre

drama film, adventure film, war film, prison film

Country

Germany, Russia

Runtime

2h 38m

Rated

12+

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 151 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German prisoner of war escapes from a Siberian labor camp during World War II. He sets out on a perilous journey across thousands of miles of harsh terrain to reach his home in Germany.

tenseharrowinggrittysurvivaldeterminedbleakvisceralarduoussolitary

What happens

As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (German: So weit die Füße tragen) is a 2001 film about German World War II prisoner of war Clemens Forell's escape from a Siberian Gulag in the Soviet Union back to Germany. It is based on the book of the same name written by Bavarian novelist Josef Martin Bauer. The book is in turn based on the story of Cornelius Rost who used the alias "Clemens Forell" to avoid retribution from the KGB. A previous television adaptation was produced in 1959. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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