The Way Back (2010)

Directed by

Peter Weir

Genre

drama film, war film, prison film, survival film

Country

United Arab Emirates, India, Poland, United States

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1,784 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of prisoners escapes a Soviet gulag in Siberia during World War II. They trek thousands of miles on foot across harsh wilderness to reach freedom.

harrowinggrimslow-pacedvisually starkausteresomberepicsurvival-focused

What happens

The Way Back is a 2010 American survival film directed by Peter Weir, from a screenplay by Weir and Keith Clarke. The film is inspired by The Long Walk (1956), the memoir by former Polish prisoner of war Sławomir Rawicz, who claimed to have escaped from a Soviet Gulag and walked 4,000 miles (6,400 km) to freedom in World War II. The film stars Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, and Saoirse Ronan, with Alexandru Potocean, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Gustaf Skarsgård, Dragoș Bucur and Mark Strong. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Makeup, but lost to The Wolfman. The nomination was received by Gregory Funk, Edouard F. Henriques and Yolanda Toussieng. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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