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The Way Back

Their escape was just the beginning.

7.0

2h 13m

2010

“Their escape was just the beginning.”

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.

Director

Peter Weir

Trailer

DramaAdventureHistory

escapeworld war iisoviet unionanti-communismindiagulagamericanthugbased on memoir or autobiographycommunismpolitical repressionussr

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Cast & Crew

Ed Harris

Ed Harris

as Mr. Smith

Jim Sturgess

Jim Sturgess

as Janusz Wieszczek

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan

as Irena Zielińska

Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell

as Valka

Mark Strong

Mark Strong

as Andrei Khabarov

Gustaf Skarsgård

Gustaf Skarsgård

as Andrejs Voss

Dejan Angelov

Dejan Angelov

as Andrei

Dragoș Bucur

Dragoș Bucur

as Zoran

Sally Brunski

Sally Brunski

as Janusz's Wife, 1939

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