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The Way Back

Their escape was just the beginning.

2010 · PG-13 · 2h 13m

Directed by Peter Weir

7.0

TMDB audience score
1,841 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Ed Harris
    Mr. Smith

  • Jim Sturgess
    Janusz Wieszczek

  • Saoirse Ronan
    Irena Zielińska

  • Colin Farrell
    Valka

  • Mark Strong
    Andrei Khabarov

  • Gustaf Skarsgård
    Andrejs Voss

  • Dejan Angelov
    Andrei

  • Dragoș Bucur
    Zoran

  • Sally Brunski
    Janusz's Wife, 1939

  • Alexandru Potocean
    Tomasz Horodinsky

  • Sebastian Urzendowsky
    Kazik

  • Zahari Baharov
    Interrogator

  • Ihor Hniezdilov
    Bohdan

  • Stanislav Pishtalov
    Commandant

  • Mariy Grigorov
    Lazar

  • Nikolay Stanoev
    Yuri

  • Stefan Shterev
    Cook

  • Yordan Bikov
    Garbage Eater #1