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The Way Back

Their escape was just the beginning.

7.0(1,833)20102h 13m9

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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Status
Released
Budget
$30M
Box office
$24.2M
Language
English
  • escape
  • world war ii
  • soviet union
  • anti-communism
  • india
  • gulag
  • american
  • thug
  • based on memoir or autobiography
  • communism
  • political repression
  • ussr

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Peter Weir

Produced in

Poland, United Arab Emirates, United States of America

Gallery

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • Theatrical4 Mar 2011
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTelluride Film Festival3 Sept 2010
    • Theatrical (limited)PG-1329 Dec 2010
    • TheatricalPG-1321 Jan 2011
    • PhysicalPG-13DVD, Blu-ray22 Apr 2011
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1222 Nov 2010
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • PremiereDubai International Film Festival15 Dec 2010
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM10 Apr 2011
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)18A21 Jan 2011
  • ArgentinaAR

    • PhysicalDVD13 Apr 2011
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1226 Jan 2011
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1213 May 2011
  • ChileCL

    • Theatrical1 Dec 2011
  • ColombiaCO

    • Theatrical9 Feb 2012
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1131 Mar 2011

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The Way Back was released on 22 November 2010.

Audience reviews

2
  • A

    Andres Gomez

    11/26/2013

    7/10

    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.

  • W

    Wuchak

    10/23/2019

    8/10

    ***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 True Story of a Trek to…

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