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From the director of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', 'Gallipoli', 'Witness', 'Dead Poet's Society', 'The Truman Show' and 'Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World', the six-time Academy Academy nominated Peter Weir comes 'The Way Back', a 2011 Oscar nominee for Make-up. With a night time blizzard as cover, seven prisoners caught up in Stalin's Reign of Terror escape a Soviet Gulag in 1940. With little food or equipment, and no certainty of their location or intended direction, they embark on a journey that will present unimaginable hardship and drama. Joined by a 14-year old orphan girl they struggle through a treacherous journey that will take them across Siberia, the Gobi Desert and over the Himalayas - thousands of miles of hostile terrain en-route to India and freedom. Starring Jim Sturgess ('Across the Universe', '50 Dead Men Walking'), Colin Farrell ('In Bruges', 'Pride and Glory'), 4 time Oscar nominee Ed Harris, Mark Strong ('Robin Hood', 'Sherlock Holmes') and Saoirse Ronan, a 2008 Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee for 'Atonement'.

2011 · 2h 7m
Director Peter Weir

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The Way Back

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From the director of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', 'Gallipoli', 'Witness', 'Dead Poet's Society', 'The Truman Show' and 'Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World', the six-time Academy Academy nominated Peter Weir comes 'The Way Back', a 2011 Oscar nominee for Make-up. With a night time blizzard as cover, seven prisoners caught up in Stalin's Reign of Terror escape a Soviet Gulag in 1940. With little food or equipment, and no certainty of their location or intended direction, they embark on a journey that will present unimaginable hardship and drama. Joined by a 14-year old orphan girl they struggle through a treacherous journey that will take them across Siberia, the Gobi Desert and over the Himalayas - thousands of miles of hostile terrain en-route to India and freedom. Starring Jim Sturgess ('Across the Universe', '50 Dead Men Walking'), Colin Farrell ('In Bruges', 'Pride and Glory'), 4 time Oscar nominee Ed Harris, Mark Strong ('Robin Hood', 'Sherlock Holmes') and Saoirse Ronan, a 2008 Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee for 'Atonement'.

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Studio
Exclusive Media Group National Geographic Entertainment / Image Nation Abu Dhabi
Released
2011
Run Time
2 hr 7 min
Rated
M Violence, sexual references and offensive language
Content Advisories
Cruelty, Offensive language, Sex scenes, Violence, Explicit sex scenes, Animal cruelty, Scary scenes, Sexual themes, Discrimination, Horror, Wound detail
Regions of Origin
United States, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, India, Poland
© 2010 Exclusive Media Group. All Rights Reserved

Languages

Original Audio
English, French (Canada), Russian, Polish
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English (United States) (AAC)

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English (United States) (Always On)