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Mood:
- CaptivatingBleakRoughStylized
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Plot:
- BreakoutSurvivalAgainst the OddsDangerEscapadesHuman SpiritConfined
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Genres:
- DramaHistoricalPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40sWorld War 2
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Place:
- AsiaRussiaWilderness
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Style:
- EpicOn the Road
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Based on:
- Based on BookBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- NudityProfanityViolent Content
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The Way Back, 2010
English
USA
Profile of The Way Back
The mood of The Way Back is captivating, bleak, and stylized. The plot centers around a prison breakout, going against the odds, and survival. It is a drama, period, and historical movie. Stylistically, The Way Back is epic and has a road movie structure. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in the wilderness. The Way Back is set in Russia and Asia. It happens during World War 2. It is originally a true story and based on a book. The Way Back is known for being critically acclaimed. Note that it includes nudity, profanity, and violent content.
Summary of The Way Back
The Way Back is a fact-based story of the escape of soldiers from a Siberian gulag in 1940. It is based on several sources, most notably the Slavomir Rawicz book "The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom." The book is Rawicz's account of being captured by the Red Army in 1939 and his journey to freedom with other inmates. The group crossed the Siberian arctic, the Gobi desert and the Himalayas, finally settling in Tibet and India.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 3 September 2010 |
| Runtime: | 133 min |
Cast and Crew
as Janusz
as Mr. Smith
as Valka
as Irena
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Users Reviews
- 23.January.2011
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- by: uber1
- uber1 rated this movie7/10Good
- 23.January.2011
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- by: ccaprica
- ccaprica rated this movie
8/10Great
