Story Line
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.
“Their escape was just the beginning.”
Top Cast

Ed Harris
Mr. Smith

Jim Sturgess
Janusz Wieszczek

Saoirse Ronan
Irena Zielińska

Colin Farrell
Valka

Mark Strong
Andrei Khabarov

Gustaf Skarsgård
Andrejs Voss
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Rating
7.0/ 10
Release Date
2010-11-22
Runtime
2h 13m
Genres
DramaAdventureHistory
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User Reviews (2)
Andres Gomez
7/10
•11/26/2013It 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.

Wuchak
8/10
•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 ...






