The Way Back

During World War II, a Polish army officer endures imprisonment, interrogation, and torture by the Soviets, refusing to admit he is a spy, while his wife is coerced into betraying him, leading to his sentence in a Siberian Gulag camp, where he forms a bond with fellow prisoners, plans an escape during a snowstorm, and embarks on a treacherous journey through Siberia, Mongolia, and China before finding refuge in India and eventually reuniting with his wife after the fall of the communist regime in Poland. The Way Back is a 2010 American English-language Adventure Drama movie featuring Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell, Dragos Bucur, Alexandru Potocean and Bhawani Singh. The movie is inspired from The Long Walk by S awomir Rawicz. National Geographic Films in association with Spitfire Pictures, Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Film Fund Luxembourg. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Peter Weir, Joni Levin, Duncan Henderson, Nigel Sinclair and Scott Rudin. The Way Back is written by Keith R. Clarke, Slavomir Rawicz and Peter Weir and it is directed by Peter Weir. Newmarket Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Way Back was released on 17th March 2011 and takes a screen time of 133 minutes. The Way Back was made on a budget of $30 million and at the box office it grossed only $20 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Peter Weir and Keith Clarke. Cinematography was done by Russell Boyd and editing by Lee Smith. The music was composed by Burkhard Dallwitz.