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The Way Back

Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.

In 1940, three men attempt to flee the Soviet Union, escaping a Siberian gulag. This movie tells their story and that of four others who escaped with them and a teenage girl, Irena Zielinska, who joins them in flight. The group's natural leader is Janusz Weiszczek, a Pole condemned by accusations secured by torturing his wife, spent much of his youth outdoors, and knows how to live in the wild. They escape under cover of a snowstorm: cynical American Mr. Smith, Russian thug Valka, comedic accountant Zoran, pastry chef Tomasz Horodinsky, who draws, Priest Andrejs Voss, and Polish Kazik, who suffers from night blindness. They face freezing nights, lack of food and water, mosquitoes, an endless desert, the Himalayas, as well as many moral and ethical dilemmas throughout the journey towards freedom. Written by

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Info about The Way Back

Studio(s): Kontsept Film Company, Image Nation Abu Dhabi

Originally Released: United States, Jan 21, 2011

Production Countries: India, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Box Office Gross: $20,348,249.00

Budget: $30,000,000.00

Genres:Adventure, Drama, History

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