Inspired by the memoir The Long Walk by Sławomir Rawicz.
Starring Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, and Saoirse Ronan.
The 2010 film The Way Back , directed by Peter Weir, is an epic survival drama following a group of prisoners who escape from a Soviet Gulag in Siberia during World War II. Their 4,000-mile journey on foot takes them through the Siberian wilderness, the Gobi Desert, and across the Himalayas to reach freedom in India. Key Details & Context
Peter Weir, known for films like The Truman Show and Dead Poets Society .