Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2019. The movie is drawn from a book by Slavomir Rawicz, which was originally released as nonfiction but has subsequently had its veracity substantially debunked (Weir proceeded with the film as a dramatized story because of an account that three people really had survived a similar trek during the war). For his first film in seven years, Peter Weir has chosen to tell an epic tale with a panoramic sweep, in the manner of David Lean. Amazon's Choice recommends highly rated and well-priced products. A true story of the escape from the Russian gulag prison in Siberia.
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2016. Drammatico, USA, 2010… However, even if disbelieved in the literal sense, The Way Back is still an engaging, old-fashioned piece of storytelling. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness.

This film scores big in a number of categories. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Its veracity was in question even before it was put through the movie mill. My concern though is that modern day youth are not taught much about the evils of collectivism and the horrors it engenders. Messy, contradictory details like this, paradoxically, argue for the story's reality. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2019. HD. Weir has put together a good film – oddly, though, considering its scale, it feels like a rather small one. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. Well, this isn't an overwhelming problem. (Weir may be alluding here to a very similar speech from the Japanese camp commandant at the beginning of Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai.). The escapees include a Polish political prisoner (Jim Sturgess, Across the Universe), a Russian criminal (Colin Farrell), and an American (Ed Harris) who was caught working in Moscow when war broke out. In the gulag, one finds he can survive through his knack for storytelling: he starts reciting what he remembers of Stevenson's Treasure Island, and a saucer-eyed crowd of murderous tough guys are held spellbound, promising pieces of bread if he can continue. The work stands on it's own, but you'll be better inspired by a few readings of the book, and the though of all those unknown persons who tried and failed to escape communist or other ideologically inspired brutality. Here, Janusz meets mercurial former actor Khabarov (Mark Strong) whose tall tales of escape inspire him to make a break. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, + No Import Fees Deposit & $6.48 Shipping to Denmark. Sign in to see videos available to you. I don't really know what to say to do this film justice. Later, when the artist makes a sketch of one of his haggard fellow escapers, the subject looks at his portrait and wonderingly says that it looks just like his father. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2017. In fact, that isn't exactly what happens, and, a little disconcertingly, Valka turns out to have a sentimental regard for Stalin. The screenplay is at worst, very good, borders on excellent. Every youth should see it. There's a problem loading this menu right now. A must see for anybody interested in this period of history. The cast is outstanding. Inspired by an incredible true story, The Way Back begins in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberian gulag. Janusz is sent to the Siberian gulag for 20 years, a terrifying place where the inmates are told by the commander that it is not the barbed wire, guards and dogs that make up their prison but the vast and forbidding landscape itself.

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It is "inspired" by a true story, which may unfortunately have been itself merely "inspired" by what its author claims to be the truth.