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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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Ed HarrisMr. Smith
- Jim SturgessJanusz Wieszczek
- Saoirse RonanIrena Zielińska
- Colin FarrellValka
- Mark StrongAndrei Khabarov
- Gustaf SkarsgårdAndrejs Voss
- Dejan AngelovAndrei
- Dragoș BucurZoran
- Sally BrunskiJanusz's Wife, 1939
- Alexandru PotoceanTomasz Horodinsky
Crew
- Peter WeirDirector
- Peter WeirScreenplay
- Keith R. ClarkeScreenplay
- Slavomir RawiczNovel
- Russell BoydDirector of Photography
- Burkhard von DallwitzOriginal Music Composer
- Lee SmithEditor
- Joni LevinProducer
- Nigel SinclairProducer
- Peter WeirProducer
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