The Way Back
7.3
“Their escape was just the beginning.”
A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.
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Cast
27 people
Ed Harris
Mr. Smith
Known for
Westworld
The Truman Show
Jim Sturgess
Janusz Wieszczek
Known for
21
Geostorm
Saoirse Ronan
Irena Zielińska
Known for
Lady Bird
Little Women
Colin Farrell
Valka
Known for
The Lobster
Total Recall
Mark Strong
Andrei Khabarov
Known for
Shazam!
1917
Gustaf Skarsgård
Andrejs Voss
Known for
Vikings
Westworld
Dejan Angelov
Andrei
Known for
Getaway
Leatherface
Dragoș Bucur
Zoran
Known for
Ride Along
Police, Adjective
Sally Brunski
Janusz's Wife, 1939
Also in
Euphoria
Alexandru Potocean
Tomasz Horodinsky
Known for
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Tales from the Golden Age
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Kazik
Known for
Babylon Berlin
We Children from Bahnhof Zoo
Zahari Baharov
Interrogator
Known for
Slow Horses
The Monuments Men
Peter Weir Director · Keith R. Clarke Screenplay Slavomir Rawicz Author
Worldwide gross $24M · Budget $30M · United States release December 29, 2010
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$24,172,201
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Exclusive Media
Production
National Geographic Films
Production
Image Nation Studios
Production
Exclusive Films
Production
Monolith Films
Production
National Geographic
Production
Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
Production
Kontsept Film Company
Production
On the Road
Production
Point Blank Productions
Production
Poland · United Arab Emirates · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Polish · Russian
Release dates
United States · September 3, 2010
Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
United States · December 29, 2010
Limited theatrical
United States · April 22, 2011
Physical · DVD, Blu-ray
United States
January 21, 2011 · Theatrical
Argentina
April 13, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Australia
April 10, 2011 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 26, 2011 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 13, 2011 · Theatrical
Canada
January 21, 2011 · Limited theatrical
Chile
December 1, 2011 · Theatrical
Colombia
February 9, 2012 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 31, 2011 · Theatrical
Finland
February 11, 2011 · Theatrical
France
January 26, 2011 · Theatrical
Germany
July 1, 2011 · Theatrical
Greece
February 24, 2011 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 22, 2016 · TV
India
March 4, 2011 · Theatrical
Indonesia
January 21, 2011 · Theatrical
Ireland
December 26, 2010 · Theatrical
Israel
July 13, 2011 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
October 13, 2011 · Theatrical
Italy
July 6, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
September 8, 2012 · Theatrical
Kuwait
February 10, 2011 · Theatrical
Malaysia
January 21, 2011 · Theatrical
Mexico
July 22, 2011 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 13, 2011 · Theatrical
Norway
November 26, 2010 · Theatrical
Poland
April 8, 2011 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 30, 2011 · Theatrical
Russia
April 11, 2011 · Theatrical
Singapore
March 17, 2011 · Theatrical
Slovakia
June 9, 2011 · Theatrical · English
December 7, 2013 · TV · Slovak · JOJ
May 19, 2024 · Digital · Slovak · VOYO
South Korea
March 17, 2011 · Theatrical
Spain
January 5, 2011 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 25, 2011 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 26, 2011 · Theatrical · French
May 12, 2011 · Theatrical · German
Türkiye
June 24, 2011 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
December 15, 2010 · Premiere · Dubai International Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 22, 2010 · Theatrical
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