Where was The Way Back filmed?
2010 film, directed by Peter Weir.
- Bulgaria
The story is set in India, about 3,537 miles (5,692 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- India; Poland; Soviet Union; Siberia
- Filmed in
- Bulgaria
- Distance
- About 3,537 miles (5,692 km) between India and the nearest filming location.
- Distance
- About 2,868 miles (4,616 km) between Soviet Union and the nearest filming location.
- Distance
- About 3,392 miles (5,459 km) between Siberia and the nearest filming location.
About The Way Back
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- Released
- 2010
- Director
- Peter Weir
- Cast
- Jim SturgessColin FarrellEd HarrisSaoirse RonanMark StrongGustaf SkarsgårdSebastian UrzendowskyDragoș BucurYordan BikovZahari Baharov
- Genre
- WarDramaPrisonSurvival
- Based on
- The Long Walk
The story
After the Soviet invasion of Poland in World War II, Polish army officer Janusz Wieszczek is held prisoner and interrogated by the NKVD.
Khabarov confides a plan to escape to Mongolia, passing Lake Baikal.
Kazik freezes to death two nights later after getting lost while looking for firewood.
Famous lines from The Way Back
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
What about America?Zoran
Prison is okay. Debt is bad. But there are many prisons, they don't find me.Valka
Oh, it's not for me, freedom. I wouldn't know what to do with it, I swear to God.Valka
Yes, of course he does. Then he takes both of them, and puts them in Gulag for 25 years.Zoran
Don't you know what "Stalin" means, funny man? Means man-of-steel. He takes from rich, and gives to poor.Valka
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