The Way Back

Their escape was just the beginning.

Sinopse

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.

7.0
2010
Released
2h 13m

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$30,000,000.00

Revenue

$24,172,201.00

Keywords

#escape
#world war ii
#soviet union
#anti-communism
#india
#gulag
#american
#thug
#based on memoir or autobiography
#communism
#political repression
#ussr

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Reviews

@Wuchakabout 6 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 ultimately freedom in India. The film was inspired by Slavomir Rawicz' popular book "The Long Walk: The Tru

@tantyabout 12 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.