The Way Back

"Their escape was just the beginning."

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Ratings & Reviews

7.0/10

1,769 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Nomination

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Academy Awards

📋 1 nomination

Nominated

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$30.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$24.2M

Global Box Office

Loss

$-5,827,799

ROI: -19%

Budget Recovery81% of budget

$0|Budget: $30.0M|Revenue: $24.2M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

66.7K

Daily Avg

1.1K

7-Day Trend

-20%

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Based On

The Long Walk

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Bulgaria

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Story Setting

Set In

IndiaPoland

Time Period

1980s

Themes & Subjects

#worldwarii

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Russell Boyd

Film Editing

Lee Smith

Music / Score

Burkhard Dallwitz

Production Companies

National Geographic Society

Distributors

Newmarket FilmsVertigo MédiaNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Aspect Ratio

2.35:1

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Way Back

Available in 49 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG-13	YouTube TV, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel	—	Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand	Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
United Kingdom12	Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels	Rakuten TV, Plex	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada18A	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaM	—	—	JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG-13

United Kingdom12

Canada18A

AustraliaM

Germany12

FranceTP

Belgium12

Brazil12

+14 more countries

Production

Director

Peter Weir

Writers

Peter Weir, Slavomir Rawicz, Keith R. Clarke

Production Companies

Exclusive MediaNational Geographic FilmsImage Nation Abu DhabiExclusive FilmsMonolith Films

Cast

Ed Harris

Mr. Smith

Jim Sturgess

Janusz Wieszczek

Saoirse Ronan

Irena Zielińska

Colin Farrell

Valka

Mark Strong

Andrei Khabarov

Gustaf Skarsgård

Andrejs Voss

Dejan Angelov

Andrei

Dragoș Bucur

Zoran

Sally Brunski

Janusz's Wife, 1939

Alexandru Potocean

Tomasz Horodinsky

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Kazik

Zahari Baharov

Interrogator

Tags & Keywords

escapeworld war iisoviet unionanti-communismindiagulagamericanthugbased on memoir or autobiographycommunismpolitical repressionussr

External Links

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