The Way Back
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Weir
Ed Harris
Jim Sturgess
Saoirse Ronan
Colin Farrell
Mark Strong
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Inspired by a true story, seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberian gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. They have little food and few supplies. They don't know or trust each other. But together, they must withstand nature at its most extreme.
Director
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Peter Weir
Cast
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Ed Harris
Jim Sturgess
Saoirse Ronan
Colin Farrell
Mark Strong
Drago+ Bucur
Alex Potocean
Gustaf Skarsgård
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Zahari Baharov
Sally Edwards
Igor Gnezdilov
Dejan Angelov
Stanislav Pishtalov
Marii Grigorov
Nikolai Standev
Stefan Shterev
Yorddan Bikov
Ruslan Kupenov
Nikolai Mutafchiev
Valentin Ganev
Anton Trendafdov
Pearce Quigley
Satar Dikambaev
Temirhan Tursungaliyev
An-zung Le
Hal Yamanouchi
Meglena Karalambova
Irinei Konstantinov
Zachary Baharov
Crew
Mohamed Abdelmoumen
Noureddine Aberdine
Ahmed Abounouom
Karim Abouobayd
Raj Acharya
Michael Adler
Javed Ahmed
Ayush Ahuja
Ahilya Akoi
Simon Alberry
Traian Anachkov
Tsvetanka Anachkova
Mihail Apostolov
Anne Applebaum
Tobin Armbrust
Sylvia Asenova
Khalid Asmour
Ivan Atanasov
Maya Atanasova
Mohamed Atbir
Georgi Avramov
Hafid Baba
Andrei Badescu
Abdelhafid Balafrej
Jesse Balodis
Ota Bares
Violi Barreto
Ron Bartlett
Sian Bates
David Beal
Robin Beauchesne
Craig Beckett
Elaine Beckett
Paresh Nath Behera
Yassine Benjamaa
Belinda Bennetts
Paul Berolzheimer
Dana Bilbao
Ian Bird
Andrew Bock
Velina Boneva
Kes Bonnet
Svetlana Bonnet
Ed Borgerding
Delyan Borisov
Krassimira Borisova
Judith Bouley
Fouad Bourbouh
Poppy Bourchier
Amine Bouziane
Russell Boyd
Russell Boyd
Nicholas Breslin
Bridget Briley
Daniel Brown
Alex Brunner
Stefan Brunner
Dirk Buchmann
Glenn Butler
Ben Campbell
Alex Carey
Sema Cargo
Todor Chapkanov
Todor Chapkunov
Fred Chapman
Sylvie Chesneau
Sunil Chhabra
Housna Choukri
Joseph Cigliano
Keith Clarke
Keith Clarke
Anna Creasy
Tim Crosbie
Alan B. Curtiss
Burkhard Dallwitz
Ina Damianova
Dennis Davidson
Suzanna De Miranda
Mulchand Dedhia
Cyril Delafosse-guiramand
Rochelle Devries
Goro Deyanov
Kerry Dibbs
Judith A Dickerson
Desislav Dimitrov
Emil Dimitrov
Stanislav Dimitrov
Laura Dodd
Mohamed El Duardi
Amanda Duncan
Brad Dunn
Rebecca Dunn
John Durney
Guy East
Jake Eberts
Sally Edwards
Said El Kounti
Bruce Emery
Marian Ene
Kattie Evans
Lyubomir Evtimov
Tzvetozar Evtimov
John Paul Fasal
Dimitar Ferdinandov
Les Fiddess
Marco Di Fillipis
Eric Flickinger
Olivier Fontenay
Michael Frayeh
Greg Funk
Driss Gaidi
William Gammon
Valentin Ganev
Larry M Garrison
Chuck Garsha
Rajeev Gaurang
Gabriel Georgiev
Todor Georgiev
Abdelhak El Ghozail
Emil Gigov
Victor Glushchenko
Julia Gombert
Leo Gomez
Richard Goodwin
Christina Graff
Paul Graff
Peter D Graves
Leonard Gregoryan
Matthew Griffin
Lubomir Grigorov
Mustapha Grumij
Brendan Gunn
Anna Hadzhieva
Buffy Hall
Naomi J Hall
Abdelilah Hamsaoui
Sam Hancock
Mohamed Hanini
Mustapha Harakati
Peter Haran
Laurence Harvey
Sam Hayward
D. M. Hemphill
Duncan Henderson
Duncan Henderson
Alex Henery
Edouard F Henriques
Keith Herft
David Herzog
Simon Hewitt
Phil Heywood
Zoltan Horkai
Lyubomir Hristoskov
Mira Hristova
Robert Huberman
Robert Huberman
Paul Huggard
Alexander Idakiev
Hristo Idakiev
Anton Ivanov
Ivailo Ivanov
Borislava Ivanova
Gemma James
Dennis Jones
Keena Jones
My Ahmed Jouani
Nazha Kajja
Kristina Kambitova
Nakul Kamte
Leah Katz
Brett Kelly
Tim T. Kelly
Mohammed Khalaf
Ashraf Khan
Mukesh Khokhar
Sana El Kilali
Chris King
Richard King
Dick Knapman
Daniela Koeva
Valentin Kolev
Adnane Korchyou
Aleksander Kosev
Ivan Kotsev
Mahendra Kumar
Mithun Kumar
Subesh Kumar
Genevieve Lacey
Toni Lalov
Kirsty Langsdale
Abdelilah Larhrissi
Tiffany Leclere
Adam Leipzig
Brittany Levin
Joni Levin
Rick Lisle
May Lo
Justin Long
Jillian Longnecker
Peter Luczak
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States Winter January 21, 2011
Released in United States on Video April 19, 2011
Released in United States 2010
Limited Release in United States Winter December 29, 2010
Limited Release in United States Winter December 29, 2010 (Los Angeles)
Limited Release in United States Winter January 21, 2011 (New York City)
Released in United States on Video April 19, 2011
Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-6, 2010.)
Released in United States 2011
Peter Weir based the screenplay on several sources, including the book "The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom" written by Slavomir Rawicz and published by Globe Pequot in 1997.
Released in United States 2011 (Australian Gala)