The Way Back
2010 · Movie · 2h 13m · PG-13
DramaAdventureHistory
"Their escape was just the beginning."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
66/100
Key crew
- Peter WeirDirector
- Peter WeirScreenplay
- Keith R. ClarkeScreenplay
- Burkhard von DallwitzOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ed HarrisMr. Smith
- Jim SturgessJanusz Wieszczek
- Saoirse RonanIrena Zielińska
- Colin FarrellValka
- Mark StrongAndrei Khabarov
- Gustaf SkarsgårdAndrejs Voss
- Dejan AngelovAndrei
- Dragoș BucurZoran
- Sally BrunskiJanusz's Wife, 1939
- Alexandru PotoceanTomasz Horodinsky
- Sebastian UrzendowskyKazik
- Zahari BaharovInterrogator
Stills
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Themes
escapeworld war iisoviet unionanti-communismindiagulagamericanthugbased on memoir or autobiographycommunismpolitical repressionussr