The Way Back
About The Way Back
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.
The Way Back is a 2010 history film directed by Peter Weir. Ed Harris appears as Mr. Smith, Jim Sturgess as Janusz Wieszczek, Saoirse Ronan as Irena Zielińska, and Colin Farrell as Valka.
It runs 133 minutes and was released in November 2010. Written by Keith R. Clarke and Peter Weir. Production companies include Exclusive Media and National Geographic Films.
Members will find based on memoir or autobiography, india, soviet union, and communism in it. It streams on MUBI and MUBI Amazon Channel in the United States. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 1,829 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.
The Ascent, Oppenheimer, and The Pianist make useful companions to The Way Back, all filed under ussr and world war ii.