The Way Back

The Way Back

Movie |

Gulag | Escape

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Adventure, History
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Peter Weir, Todor Chapkanov, Richard Goodwin, Sylvie Chesneau
  • Cast(s): Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell, Mark Strong See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 2h 13min
  • Music: Ron Bartlett,Paul Berolzheimer,Les Fiddess,Burkhard von Dallwitz,Andrew Miller
  • Award(s): CinEuphoria 2012 (Won)
    Oscar 2011 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Against the Ice, Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
  • Story:
    Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.
    Full Story
7.3/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.
Ratings

7.3/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
CinEuphoria Award

Freedom of Expression Honorary Award | 2012 | Joni

Top Ten of the Year International Competition | 2012 | Peter

Top Ten of the Year Audience Award | 2012 | Peter

IFTA Award

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Film | 2011 | Saoirse

Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Achievement in Makeup | 2011 | Greg

APRA Music Award

Feature Film Score of the Year | 2011 | Burkhard von

IFTA Award

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film | 2011 | Colin

ALFS Award

Young British Performer of the Year | 2011 | Saoirse

Screen Music Award

Best Feature Film Score | 2011 | Burkhard von

BOX OFFICE

Budget 30,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 24,200,000 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

This movie was inspired by the memoir of Slavomir Rawicz depicting his escape from a Siberian gulag and subsequent four thousand-mile walk to freedom in India. Incredibly popular, it sold over five hundred thousand copies, and is credited with inspiring many explorers. However, in 2006, the BBC unearthed records (including some written by Rawicz) that showed he had been released by the U.S.S.R. in 1942. In 2009, another former Polish soldier, Witold Glinski, claimed that the book was really an account of his own escape. However, this claim too has been seriously challenged.

When Janusz Weiszczek (Jim Sturgess) and the others spot the tattoo of Lenin and Stalin on Valka's (Colin Farrell's) chest, he angrily replies that they were great men. Such tattoos were in fact employed by criminals in the false hope that they wouldn't be shot there as it was supposed to be illegal to deface an image of either Lenin or Stalin. Although it is well-known that the executions were conducted via shooting in the back of the head.

The 53,820-square-foot Gulag Camp was built at Nu Boyana Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria, and is still (as of 2015) maintained by the studio and available for filming.

Colin Farrell designed many of his character's tattoos.

When told he should be grateful, Valka says: "Gratitude is for dogs!" Stalin said a very similar thing: "Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs."

Popular Dialogues

"Valka: You say too many prayers for an innocent man."

"Mr. Smith: Kindness. That will kill you here."

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