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7.0A 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.
Released: 2010-11-22133 minDir: Peter WeirDrama, Adventure, HistoryBudget: $30.0MBox office: $24.2M
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Cast
- Ed Harris as Mr. Smith
- Jim Sturgess as Janusz Wieszczek
- Saoirse Ronan as Irena Zielińska
- Colin Farrell as Valka
- Mark Strong as Andrei Khabarov
- Gustaf Skarsgård as Andrejs Voss
Themes
- escape
- world war ii
- soviet union
- anti-communism
- india
- gulag
- american
- thug
- based on memoir or autobiography
- communism
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
124,595 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- prison film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Peter Weir
- Screenwriter
- Peter Weir
- Cast member
- Alexandru Potocean
- Composer
- Burkhard Dallwitz
- Producer
- Scott Rudin
- Production company
- National Geographic Society
- Cinematographer
- Russell Boyd
- Narrative location
- Poland
- Filming location
- Morocco
- Duration
- 133
- FilmAffinity ID
- 559257
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The-Way-Back.png
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- publication date
- 2012-06-07
- film editor
- Lee Smith
- title
- The Way Back
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in period
- 1980s
- capital cost
- 30000000
- box office
- 20348249
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 66/100
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