The Way Back
2010 film by Peter Weir
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Summary
The Way Back is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,420 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Peter Weir[3]
- Screenwriter: Peter Weir[4]
- Composer: Burkhard Dallwitz[5]
- Genre: war film[6], drama film[7], prison film[8], survival film[9]
- Based on: The Long Walk[10]
- Cast member: Jim Sturgess[11], Colin Farrell[12], Ed Harris[13], Saoirse Ronan[14], Mark Strong[15], Gustaf Skarsgård[16], Sebastian Urzendowsky[17], Dragoș Bucur[18], Yordan Bikov[19], Zahari Baharov[20], Sally Edwards[21], Haruhiko Yamanouchi[22], Alexandru Potocean[23]
- Producer: Peter Weir[24], Scott Rudin[25]
- Production company: National Geographic Society[26]
- Director of photography: Russell Boyd[27]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
- Distribution format: video on demand[29]
- Review score: 74%[30], 6.9/10[31], 66/100[32]
- Color: color[33]
- Country of origin: United States[34], United Arab Emirates[35], Poland[36], India[37]
- Publication date: September 3, 2010[38], December 29, 2010[39], June 30, 2011[40], June 7, 2012[41]
- Distributed by: Newmarket Films[42], Vertigo Média[43], Netflix[44]
- Narrative location: India[45], Poland[46], Soviet Union[47], Siberia[48], Lake Baikal[49], Mongolia[50], Gobi Desert[51], Great Wall of China[52], Tibet[53], Himalayas[54]
- Filming location: Bulgaria[55], Morocco[56], India[57]
- Main subject: World War II[58], Gulag[59], forced labor[60], Soviet invasion of Poland[61]
- Film editor: Lee Smith[62]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[63]
- Title: The Way Back[64]
- Has characteristic: film based on book[65]
Why It Matters
The Way Back has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]