The Way Back

2011 "Their escape was just the beginning."

The Way Back

7.3 | 2h13m | PG-13 | en | Adventure

At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.

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7.3 | 2h13m | PG-13 | en | Adventure , Drama , History

Synopsis

At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.

Cast

Ed Harris , Jim Sturgess , Saoirse Ronan

Director

Aziz Rafiq

Producted By

Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ , National Geographic

Trailers

Cast

Ed Harris

as Mr. Smith

[2022] Top Gun: Maverick [2021] The Lost Daughter [2020] Resistance [2020] The Last Full Measure [2019] The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power [2017] Kodachrome [2017] mother! [2017] Geostorm [2016] In Dubious Battle

Jim Sturgess

as Janusz Wieszczek

[2023] The Other Me [2022] Alone Together [2020] Home Before Dark [2019] Berlin, I Love You [2019] J.T. LeRoy [2018] Hard Sun [2018] London Fields [2017] Geostorm [2016] Close to the Enemy

Saoirse Ronan

as Irena Zielińska

[2021] The French Dispatch [2020] Ammonite [2019] Little Women [2018] On Chesil Beach [2018] Mary Queen of Scots [2018] The Seagull [2017] Lady Bird [2017] Loving Vincent [2015] Brooklyn