Duration- 133 min
Genre- Adventure | Drama | History
Director: Peter Weir
Writing credits
Screenplay
Keith R. Clarke
Peter Weir:
Slavomir Rawicz : novel - "The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom"
Cast
Colin Farrell ... Valka
Mark Strong ... Khabarov
Saoirse Ronan ... Irena
Jim Sturgess ... Janusz
Ed Harris ... Mr. Smith
Gustaf Skarsgård ... Voss
Alexandru Potocean ... Tomasz
Sebastian Urzendowsky ... Kazik
Dragos Bucur ... Zoran
Zahary Baharov ... Interrogator (as Zahari Baharov)
Sally Edwards ... Janusz's Wife, 1939
Igor Gnezdilov ... Bohdan
Dejan Angelov ... Andrei
Stanislav Pishtalov ... Commandant
Mariy Grigorov ... Lazar (as Marii Grigorov)
Nikolay Stanoev ... Yuri (as Nikolai Stanoev)
Stefan Shterev ... Cook
Yordan Bikov ... Garbage Eater #1
Ruslan Kupenov ... Garbage Eater #2
Nikolay Mutafchiev ... Guard #1 (as Nikolai Mutafchiev)
Valentin Ganev ... Guard #2
Anton Trendafilov ... Steam Man
Pearce Quigley ... The Professor
Sattar Dikambayev ... Mongolian Horseman (as Satar Dikambaev)
Termirkhan Tursingaliev ... Young Mongolian Horseman (as Temirhan Tursungaliyev)
An-Zung Le ... Shepherd
Hal Yamanouchi ... Official (as Haruhiko Hal Yamanouchi)
Meglena Karalambova ... Janusz's Wife, 1989
Irinei Konstantinov ... Janusz, 1989
Bhawani Singh ... Policeman - India
Plot Summary
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