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Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.



The Way Back (2010)
Released: 21 Jan 2011
Runtime: 133 min
Rated: PG-13
Director: Peter Weir
Writer(s): Keith R. Clarke (screenplay), Slavomir Rawicz (novel), Peter Weir (screenplay)
Actors: Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Alexandru Potocean
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.
IMDB Ratings: 7.3



Plot: In 1941, three men reach India from Tibet, having walked 4000 miles after escaping a Siberian gulag. The film tells their story and that of four others who escaped with them and a teenage girl who joins them in flight. The group's natural leader is Janusz, a Pole condemned by accusations secured by torturing his wife; he knows how to live in the wilds. They escape under cover of a snowstorm: a cynical American, a Russian thug, a comic accountant, a pastry chef who draws, a priest, and a Pole with night blindness. They face freezing nights, lack of food and water, mosquitoes, an endless desert, the Himalayas, and moral questions of when to leave someone behind.