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7.0/10 • 1.6K

2010-11-22 • 2h 13m

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Their escape was just the beginning.

At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.

Directors
Peter Weir
Editors
Lee Smith

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Ed Harris

    Ed Harris

    Mr. Smith

  2. Jim Sturgess

    Jim Sturgess

    Janusz Wieszczek

  3. Saoirse Ronan

    Saoirse Ronan

    Irena Zielińska

  4. Colin Farrell

    Colin Farrell

    Valka

  5. Mark Strong

    Mark Strong

    Andrei Khabarov

  6. Gustaf Skarsgård

    Gustaf Skarsgård

    Andrejs Voss

  7. Dejan Angelov

    Dejan Angelov

    Andrei

  8. Dragoș Bucur

    Dragoș Bucur

    Zoran

  9. Sally Brunski

    Sally Brunski

    Janusz's Wife, 1939

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Andres Gomez

Nov 26, 2013

7/10

It is always a pleasure to watch one of Ed Harris movies. The plot hooks you and the staging is impressive but the movie is not as thrilling as it could have been.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$30,000,000.00
Revenue
$24,200,000.00
Keywords
escapeworld war iisoviet unionanti-communismindiagulagamericanthugbased on memoir or autobiographycommunismpolitical repressionussr