The Way Back

Movie

2010

2h 13m

PG-13

English

Drama, Adventure, History

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7.2

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At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.

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The Way Back

PG-13

Movie

2010

2h 13m

English

Drama, Adventure, History

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At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.

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Cast

Mr. Smith

Janusz Wieszczek

Irena Zielińska

Valka

Andrei Khabarov

Andrejs Voss

Andrei

Zoran

Janusz's Wife, 1939

Tomasz Horodinsky

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Kazik

Interrogator

Bohdan

Commandant

Lazar

Yuri

Cook

Garbage Eater #1

Garbage Eater #2

Guard #1

Guard #2

Steam Man

The Professor

Mongolian Horseman

Official

Directed By: Peter Weir

Written By: Peter Weir (Screenplay), Slavomir Rawicz (Novel), + 1 more

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klti says...

10 years ago

It has a good basic idea, some great actors, and the details are done with great care and realism. But with all the walking and time the movie spends with it, there's very little actual character depth. It feels like the movie has to rush through so many moments that it can't spend much time on any of them. The scene with the girl walking from guy to guy telling them about the other people really looks like an awkward and quick way to force some back story onto the viewer. The result is that some of the supposedly most dramatic moments fail to have the impact they should have. Not a bad movie, just not great either.

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gahudnall-deleted-1490229630 says...

11 years ago

A drama for sure that is not tied up perfectly by the end. I appreciated the realism even if the story may not be 100% true. What hardship and perseverance.

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jjjjs says...

one year ago

The escape of prisoners driven to extremes from a Soviet death camp, incredible in itself, becomes only the beginning of such a long and disastrous journey home. The path is, in addition to the characters of the fugitives, the main epic hero of the story, where only a fool will see Russophobia. Farrell came out with something like an authentic Russian urkagan

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gijsblokzijl says...

13 years ago

Great story, brilliant acting!!

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Andres Gomez

6 years ago

It is always a pleasure to watch one of Ed Harris movies.

The plot hooks you and the staging is impressive but the movie is not as thrilling as it could have been.

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Wuchak

5 years ago

***Better to die free than live under the shackles of communism***

"The Way Back" (2010) takes place circa 1940-42 and details a group's mad escape from a Siberian gulag through the cold, desolate Soviet wilderness into Mongolia, across the great Gobi desert, through mountainous Tibet and ultimat More

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