

The Way Back
Their escape was just the beginning.
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
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Behind the camera
Director
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Produced in
Poland, United Arab Emirates, United States of America
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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
Frequently asked questions
The Way Back was released on 22 November 2010.
Audience reviews
2- A7/10
Andres Gomez
11/26/2013
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.
- W8/10
Wuchak
10/23/2019
***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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