Way Back (The)
- Director: Peter Weir
- Writer: Keith R. Clarke; Slavomir Rawicz
- Producer: Jimmy Abounouom; Karim Abouobayd
CGiii Comment
Simply dreadful.
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The(ir) Blurb...
In 1941, three men reach India from Tibet, having walked 4000 miles after escaping a Siberian gulag. The film tells their story and that of four others who escaped with them and a teenage girl who joins them in flight. The group's natural leader is Janusz, a Pole condemned by accusations secured by torturing his wife; he knows how to live in the wilds. They escape under cover of a snowstorm: a cynical American, a Russian thug, a comic accountant, a pastry chef who draws, a priest, and a Pole with night blindness. They face freezing nights, lack of food and water, mosquitoes, an endless desert, the Himalayas, and moral questions of when to leave someone behind.
Cast & Characters
Colin Farrell as Valka;
Mark Strong as Khabarov;
Saoirse Ronan as Irena;
Jim Sturgess as Janusz;
Ed Harris as Mr. Smith;
Gustaf Skarsgård as Voss;
Alexandru Potocean as Tomasz;
Sebastian Urzendowsky as Kazik;
Dragos Bucur as Zoran;
Zahary Baharov as Interrogator