The Way Back

The Way Back is a 2010 film based on the true story of a group of Siberian gulag escapees who travelled 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in World War II. Their escape was just the beginning

Janusz Wieszczek

 * We are not criminals. We are escaping from criminals.

Dialogue

 * Valka: Don't you know what "Stalin" means, funny man? Means man-of-steel. He takes from rich, and gives to poor.
 * Zoran: Yes, of course he does. Then he takes both of them, and puts them in Gulag for 25 years.


 * Valka: Prison is okay. Debt is bad. But there are many prisons, they don't find me.
 * Zoran: What about America?
 * Valka: Oh, it's not for me, freedom. I wouldn't know what to do with it, I swear to God.

Cast

 * Jim Sturgess as Janusz Wieszczek
 * Colin Farrell as Valka
 * Ed Harris as Mr. Smith
 * Saoirse Ronan as Irena Zielińska
 * Mark Strong as Khabarov
 * Dragoş Bucur as Zoran
 * Gustaf Skarsgård as Voss
 * Alexandru Potocean as Tomasz
 * Sebastian Urzendowsky as Kazik