The Way Back (2010)
Adventure, Drama, History
The Way Back is survival film directed by Peter Weir, from a screenplay by Weir and Keith Clarke. The film is inspired by The Long Walk (1956), the memoir by former Polish prisoner of war Sławomir Rawicz, who claimed to have escaped from a Soviet Gulag and walked 4,000 miles (6,400 km) to freedom in World War II.
Inspired by Slavomir Rawicz’s acclaimed book, “The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom” as well as other real life accounts, six time Oscar nominated director Peter Weir’s “The Way Back” is a remarkable adventure story chronicling the escape of a small group of multi-national prisoners from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and their epic life affirming journey over thousands of miles across five hostile countries. Stars Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan. A smash during its recent World Premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
Director: Peter Weir
Writers: Slavomir Rawicz (novel), Peter Weir, Keith R. Clarke
Stars: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Alexandru Potocean, Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Gustaf Skarsgård
►Cast:
| Dragos Bucur | ► | Zoran |
| Colin Farrell | ► | Valka |
| Ed Harris | ► | Mr. Smith |
| Alexandru Potocean | ► | Tomasz |
| Saoirse Ronan | ► | Irena |
| Mark Strong | ► | Khabarov |
| Gustaf Skarsgård | ► | Voss |
| Jim Sturgess | ► | Janusz |
| Sebastian Urzendowsky | ► | Kazik |
| Zachary Baharov | ► | Interrogator |
| Sally Brunski | ► | Janusz’s Wife, 1939 |
| Igor Gnezdilov | ► | Bohdan |
| Dejan Angelov | ► | Andrei |
| Stanislav Pishtalov | ► | Commandant |
| Mariy Rosen | ► | Lazar |
| Nikolay Stanoev | ► | Yuri |
| Stefan Shterev | ► | Cook |
| Yordan Bikov | ► | Garbage Eater #1 |
| Ruslan Kupenov | ► | Garbage Eater #2 |
| Nikolay Mutafchiev | ► | Guard #1 (as Nikolai Mutafchiev) |
| Valentin Ganev | ► | Guard #2 |
| Anton Trendafilov | ► | Steam Man |
| Pearce Quigley | ► | The Professor |
| Sattar Dikambayev | ► | Mongolian Horseman |
| Termirkhan Tursingaliev | ► | Young Mongolian Horseman |
| An-Zung Le | ► | Shepherd |
| Hal Yamanouchi | ► | Official |
| Meglena Karalambova | ► | Janusz’s Wife, 1989 |
| Irinei Konstantinov | ► | Janusz, 1989 |
| Bhawani Singh | ► | Policeman – India |