Drama ·Adventure ·History · Poland · 2010 · 2h 13m

The Way Back

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Director
Peter Weir
Cast
Ed Harris as Mr. Smith Jim Sturgess as Janusz Wieszczek Saoirse Ronan as Irena Zielińska Colin Farrell as Valka Mark Strong as Andrei Khabarov Gustaf Skarsgård as Andrejs Voss
Crew
Russell Boyd — Director of Photography Lee Smith — Editor Burkhard von Dallwitz — Original Music Composer Peter Weir — Screenplay Keith R. Clarke — Screenplay Slavomir Rawicz — Novel
Tagline

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.

Trailer The Way Back — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
escapeworld war iisoviet unionanti-communismindiagulagamericanthugbased on memoir or autobiographycommunismpolitical repressionussr
Key Collaborators
Peter Weir Director Russell Boyd Director of Photography Lee Smith Editor Burkhard von Dallwitz Original Music Composer Peter Weir Screenplay Keith R. Clarke Screenplay Slavomir Rawicz Novel Joni Levin Producer Nigel Sinclair Producer Peter Weir Producer Keith Clark Producer John Stoddart Production Design
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