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Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.

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Zoran
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Valka
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Mr. Smith
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Tomasz
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Irena
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Voss (as Gustaf Skarsgard)
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Khabarov
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Janusz
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Kazik
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Interrogator (as Zahari Baharov)
Sally Brunski ...
Janusz's Wife, 1939 (as Sally Edwards)
Igor Gnezdilov ...
Bohdan
Dejan Angelov ...
Andrei (as Deyan Angelov)
Stanislav Pishtalov ...
Commandant
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Lazar (as Marii Grigorov)
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Yuri (as Nikolai Stanoev)
Stefan Shterev ...
Cook
Yordan Bikov ...
Garbage Eater #1
Ruslan Kupenov ...
Garbage Eater #2
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Guard #1 (as Nikolai Mutafchiev)
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Guard #2
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Steam Man
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The Professor
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Mongolian Horseman (as Satar Dikambaev)
Termirkhan Tursingaliev ...
Young Mongolian Horseman (as Temirhan Tursungaliyev)
An-Zung Le ...
Shepherd
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Official (as Haruhiko Hal Yamanouchi)
Meglena Karalambova ...
Janusz's Wife, 1989
Irinei Konstantinov ...
Janusz, 1989
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Policeman - India (uncredited)

Directed by

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Peter Weir

Written by

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Peter Weir ... (screenplay) and
Keith R. Clarke ... (screenplay) (as Keith Clarke)
 
Slavomir Rawicz ... (novel "The Long Walk")

Produced by

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Jimmy Abounouom ... line producer: Morocco
Karim Abouobayd ... line producer: Morocco
Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei ... executive producer (as Mohammed Khalaf)
Tobin Armbrust ... executive producer
Ed Borgerding ... executive producer (as Edward Borgerding)
Alexander Yves Brunner ... co-executive producer (as Alex Brunner)
Keith R. Clarke ... executive producer (as Keith Clark)
Guy East ... executive producer
Jake Eberts ... executive producer
Duncan Henderson ... producer
Robert Huberman ... line producer: India
Adam Leipzig ... executive producer
Joni Levin ... producer
Marius A. Markevicius ... associate producer (as Marius Markevicius)
R.J. Mino ... line producer: Morocco
Simon Oakes ... executive producer
John Ptak ... executive producer
Scott Rudin ... executive producer
Jonathan Schwartz ... executive producer
Roee Sharon ... co-producer (as Roee Sharon Peled)
Nigel Sinclair ... producer
Dileep Singh Rathore ... line producer: India
Peter Weir ... producer

Music by

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Burkhard von Dallwitz ... (as Burkhard Dallwitz)

Cinematography by

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Russell Boyd ... director of photography

Editing by

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Lee Smith

Editorial Department

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Yassine Benjamaa ... assistant editor: Morocco
Kerry Dibbs ... post-production coordinator
Brad Dunn ... digital intermediate conformer
Rebecca Dunn ... digital intermediate operations
Olivier Fontenay ... digital intermediate colorist
Lyubomir Grigorov ... assistant editor: Bulgaria
Bin Li ... first assistant editor
Gordon MacPhail ... digital intermediate production liaison
Darryl McKee ... digital intermediate production liaison
Supriya Naidu-James ... assistant editor: UK
Michael LeMinh Nguyen ... assistant editor: Australia
Matthew M. North ... digital intermediate supervisor
Matthew Ozerski ... assistant editor: Australia
Nuala Sheridan ... telecine colorist: UK (as Nula Sheridan)
Anthos Simon ... digital intermediate producer
Ivo Velkov ... telecine colorist
Jim Passon ... color timer (uncredited)

Casting By

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Judith Bouley
Lina Todd

Production Design by

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John Stoddart

Art Direction by

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Kes Bonnet ... supervising art director

Set Decoration by

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Joro Deyanov

Costume Design by

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Wendy Stites

Makeup Department

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Anna Andreeva ... Additional makeup artist
Antoaneta Andreeva ... additional hair stylist
Robin Beauchesne ... makeup artist
Greg Funk ... makeup artist (as Gregory Funk)
Desislava Grozdeva ... hair stylist
Edouard F. Henriques ... makeup department head
Mariana Love ... additional makeup artist
Matthew W. Mungle ... special makeup effects artist (as Matthew Mungle)
Tatyana 'Tita' Sleptsova ... additional makeup artist
Maria Stankovich ... additional makeup artist
Dimitrina Stoyanova ... hair stylist
Yana Stoyanova ... makeup artist
Rick Stratton ... tattoo artist
Kathe Swanson ... hair stylist
Yolanda Toussieng ... hair department head
Greta Velikova ... additional makeup artist
Jamie Hess ... prosthetic makeup coordinator: W.M. Creations (uncredited)

Production Management

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Mariam Lee Abounouom ... assistant production manager trainee
Vessela Banzourkova ... unit production manager (as Vessela Bannzurkova)
Sana El Kilali ... production supervisor: Morocco
Sufo Evtimov ... production manager / unit manager (as Tzvetozar 'Sufo' Evtimov)
Driss Gaidi ... unit manager: Morocco
Gabriel Georgiev ... unit manager
Duncan Henderson ... unit production manager
Robert Huberman ... unit production manager
Jane Maguire ... post-production supervisor
Abhijeet Nain ... unit manager: India
Emmanuel Pappas ... production supervisor: India
Roee Sharon ... unit production manager (as Roee Sharon Peled)
Jonathan Tzachor ... unit production manager
Rebecca Strickland Weathersby ... assistant production manager: India (as Rebecca Strickland)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Noureddine Aberdine ... first assistant director: Morocco
Raj Acharya ... first assistant director: India
Hamid Ait Timaghrit ... third assistant director
Ahilya Akoi ... second second assistant director: India
Sylvia Asenova ... second assistant director
Todor Chapkanov ... first assistant director
Alan B. Curtiss ... first assistant director (as Alan Curtiss)
Rachid Doha ... second assistant director
Richard Goodwin ... second assistant director
Mustapha Grumij ... second assistant director: Morocco
Robert Huberman ... first assistant director
Alexander Kossev ... third assistant director: Bulgaria
Ivan Kotsev ... second second assistant director
Dea Kulumbegashvili ... trainee assistant director
R.J. Mino ... second assistant director / second unit director
Ivan Mitov ... assistant director
Latifah Naouri ... third assistant director: Morocco
Mohammed Hamza Regragui ... assistant director: Morocco
Juliana Robova ... additional assistant director (as Yulia Robova)
Natasha Roth ... additional assistant director
Petur Shipkov ... assistant director
Dinesh G. Thakur ... second second assistant director: India (as Dinesh Thakur)
Svetoslav Velichkov ... additional assistant director (as Svetoslav Velichkov-Vili)
Rebecca Strickland Weathersby ... first assistant director: India (as Rebecca Strickland)
David Yeroham ... additional assistant director

Art Department

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Tarik Amchemar ... stand-by props
Georgi Avramov ... assistant set decorator
Bogdan Bogdanov ... carpenter
Bilyana Buchmann ... prop assistant
Dirk Buchmann ... property master
Orlin Budinov ... props
Sunil Chhabra ... property master: India
Yavor Denev ... painter
Nikolai Dikov ... set dresser
Maria Doicheva ... set dressing / stand-by painter
Hicham El Kounti ... props
Said El Kounti ... assistant property master: Morocco
Todor Georgiev ... stand-by props
Emil Gigov ... assistant art director
Anna Hadzhieva ... art department coordinator
Borislav Hristov ... carpenter
Ivo Jivkov ... prop manufacturing coordinator: Bulgaria
Peter Krumov ... assistant property master / carpenter (as Petar Krumov) / set dresser
Samiri Menouer ... set decorator: Morocco (as Menouer Samiri)
Deian Minchev ... construction manager: Barrandov Studio Set Construction (as Dean Minchev)
Rabiaa N'Gadi ... set dresser
Mohamed Naki ... construction manager: Morocco
Anastas Nedelchev ... carpenter leadman
Irena Nikolich ... assistant lead painter
Vladimir Petkov ... carpenter
Ivan Radev ... set dresser
Aziz Rafiq ... art department assistant: Morocco
George Skerlev ... set coordinator
Eleonora Slavkova ... painter
Dora Somova ... stand-by props
Rosen Stefanov ... assistant set decorator
Kristian Stoyanov ... set dresser
Nadejda Tatarinova ... assistant lead painter (as Nadezda Tatarinova)
Ivano Todeschi ... lead painter
Yana Tomova ... assistant set decorator
Arta Tozzi ... assistant to production designer
Peter Tsenov ... assistant painter
Todor Tunov ... set dresser
Evgeni Vladimirov ... carpenter
Brian Wade ... props
Evgeni Yordanov ... leadman
Zamfir Zamfirov ... carpenter leadman
Monislav Zhelyazkov ... sculptor
Zhivko Zhelyazkov ... artist: Tomasz's sketches / storyboard artist
Vasil Zlatarev ... stand-by props
Aziz Hamichi ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Yasen Mihaylov ... concept artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Ayush Ahuja ... boom operator: India
Ron Bartlett ... re-recording mixer / sound mixer
Paul Berolzheimer ... sound effects editor
Andrew Bock ... first assistant sound editor
Nick Breslin ... additional sound editor
Glenn Butler ... re-recording engineer: Deluxe Stageone Sound
Bruce Emery ... dolby sound consultant
John P. Fasal ... sound effects recordist (as John Paul Fasal)
Les Fiddess ... foley artist
Eric Flickinger ... recordist: Warner Brothers Stage 8
Nick Foley ... adr mixer
Chuck Garsha ... recording engineer: Warner Brothers Stage 9
Sam Hayward ... re-recording engineer: Deluxe Stageone Sound
Doug Hemphill ... sound mixer (as D.M. Hemphill)
Simon Hewitt ... foley artist
Phil Heywood ... additional sound re-recording mixer
Nakul Kamte ... sound mixer: India
Leah Katz ... additional sound editor
Ashraf Khan ... sound assistant: India (as Ashraf Sharif Khan)
Richard King ... sound designer / supervising sound editor
Rick Lisle ... dialogue editor
Andrew Miller ... assistant sound editor
Emma Mitchell ... sound attachment
Michael W. Mitchell ... sound effects editor (as Michael Mitchell)
Stuart Morton ... additional sound editor
Tony Murtagh ... adr editor
Martin Müller ... boom operator / sound mixer
Martin Oswin ... adr mixer / foley mixer
Tony Pilkington ... recording engineer: Warner Brothers Stage 9
Eric Potter ... sound effects recordist
Angus Robertson ... sound facility manager: Deluxe Stageone Sound
Krasimir Shtabekov ... sound assistant
Jenny T. Ward ... adr supervisor (as Jenny Ward)
William Ward ... foley editor (as Will Ward)
Linda Whittlesey ... foley artist: snow footsteps
Nourdine Zaoui ... boom operator

Special Effects by

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Mohamed Ali Aqermim ... special effects technician (as Mohamed Ali Aguermin)
Yovko Dogandjiiski ... special effects technician (as Jovko Dogandjiski)
Edward Draycott ... special effects technician
Nikolay Fartunkov ... special effects technician
Richard Grant ... special effects buyer
Peter Haran ... special effects technician
Laurence Harvey ... special effects technician
Iordache ... snow effects technician (as Lucian Iordache)
David Johns ... snow effects technician
Matt Lewis ... special effects technician
Glenn Marsh ... special effects technician
Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin ... snow effects floor supervisor (as Marty McLaughlin)
Peter Nikolov ... special effects
Marten Ruskov ... special effects technician
Rosen Stefanov ... special effects technician
Jason Troughton ... special effects coordinator / special effects supervisor
Mark Vanstone ... special effects technician
Jamie Weguelin ... senior special effects technician
Alan Whibley ... special effects floor supervisor

Visual Effects by

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Simon Alberry ... i/o supervisor: EFilm Australia
Jesse Balodis ... matte painter: Rising Sun Pictures
Sian Bates ... visual effects data wrangler
Dana Bilbao ... visual effects production accountant: Crazy Horse Effects
Ben Campbell ... lighting: Rising Sun Pictures
Fred Chapman ... visual effects rigger: Rising Sun Pictures
Anna Creasy ... visual effects coordinator: Rising Sun Pictures
Tim Crosbie ... visual effects supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
Rochelle Devries ... visual effects artist: EFilm Australia
Amanda Duncan ... optical effects artist: EFilm Australia
John Durney ... optical effects artist: EFilm Australia
William Gammon ... compositor: Rising Sun Pictures (as Will Gammon)
Victor Glushchenko ... animator: Rising Sun Pictures
Leo Gomez ... i/o operator: EFilm Australia
Christina Graff ... visual effects executive producer: Crazy Horse Effects
Paul Graff ... visual effects supervisor: Crazy Horse Effects
Matthew T. Griffin ... visual effects artist: EFilm Australia (as Matthew Griffin)
Sam Hancock ... visual effects artist: Rising Sun Pictures
Keith Herft ... compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Dennis Jones ... visual effects supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
Chris King ... pipeline: Rising Sun Pictures
May Lo ... i/o operator: EFilm Australia
Justin Long ... tracking: Rising Sun Pictures
Peter Luczak ... i/o operator: EFilm Australia
Alex Meddick ... visual effects editor: Rising Sun Pictures
Norah Mulroney ... compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Nick Murphy ... visual effects editor: Rising Sun Pictures
Merysa Nichols ... lead compositor: Crazy Horse Effects (as Merysa Nicholas)
Sam Norman ... compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Adam Paschke ... matte painter: Rising Sun Pictures
Ben Paschke ... cg lead: Rising Sun Pictures
Peter Polyzoidis ... optical effects artist: EFilm Australia
Eric Ponton ... compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Emily Probert ... compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Thomas Proctor ... compositor: Rising Sun Pictures (as Tom Proctor)
Ben Roberts ... compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Doug Roberts ... visual effects artist: EFilm Australia
Brian Sales ... compositor: Crazy Horse Effects
Matthew Shaw ... compositor: Rising Sun Pictures (as Matt Shaw)
Robert Stollar ... visual effects artist: EFilm Australia
Robert Stromberg ... visual effects designer: Visual Symphony
Takahiro Suzuki ... visual effects optical supervisor: EFilm Australia
Damien Thaller ... matte painter: Rising Sun Pictures
Daniel Thompson ... lighting: Rising Sun Pictures
Richard Thwaites ... visual effects producer
Kelly Wallwork ... matte painter: Rising Sun Pictures
Ben Warner ... 2d supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
Justine Whitehead ... roto artist: Crazy Horse Effects
James Whitlam ... visual effects executive producer: Rising Sun Pictures
Dan Wills ... visual effects artist: Rising Sun Pictures
Magdalena Wolf ... visual effects producer: Crazy Horse Effects
Gemma Wood ... visual effects coordinator: Rising Sun Pictures (as Gemma James)
Henry Yekanians ... senior i/o operator: EFilm Australia
Kaspar Zwirner ... visual effects artist: EFilm Australia
Dan Bethell ... fx technical director: Rising Sun Pictures (uncredited)

Stunts

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Baur Abishev ... stunt performer
Ivailo Dimitrov ... stunt double: Jim Sturgess
Dimiter Doichinov ... stunts
Colin Goodwin ... stunt double
Dian Hristov ... stunts
Radoslav Ignatov ... stunts
Danko Jordanov ... stunt double
Timirhan Kongushinov ... stunt performer
Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov ... stunt performer
Georgi Manchev ... stunts
Yana Marinova ... stunt double: Saoirse Ronan
Stiliyan Mavrov ... stunts (as Stilyan Mavrov)
Trayan Milenov-Troy ... stunts
Velizar Peev ... stunts
Elitsa Razheva ... stunts
Krasimir Simeonov ... stunts
Georgi Stanislavov ... stunt rigger / stunts
Teodor Tsolov ... stunts
Stoyanov Vencislav ... stunts
Kaloian Vodenicharov ... stunt coordinator (as Kaloyan Vodenicharov-Kala)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Mihail Apostolov ... best boy grip
Andrei Badescu ... grip: Morocco
Anton Bakarski ... camera operator: "b" camera
Sian Bates ... camera trainee
Ian Bird ... A camera dolly grip / key grip
Miroslav Borisov ... grip
Fouad Bourbouh ... camera assistant: Morocco
Marco de Fillipis ... electrician: Morocco
Mulchand Dedhia ... gaffer: India
Aleksandur Dimitrov ... grip
Desislav Dimitrov ... grip / hothead operator
Dimitar Dimitrov ... grip
Stanislav Dimitrov ... electrician
Mohamed El Oirdi ... key grip in morocco
Mohamed El Ouardi ... grip: Morocco
Marian Ene ... grip: Morocco (as Ene Marian)
Filip Filipov ... best boy grip: second unit
Mohamed Hanini ... electrician: Morocco
Mohammed Amine Hlal ... rigging gaffer
Lyubomir Hristoskov ... grip
Alexander Idakiev ... electrician
Hristo Idakiev ... gaffer
Anton Ivanov ... electrician
Geo Ivanov ... second assistant camera
Ivaylo Ivanov ... second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Ivailo Ivanov)
Javed ... best boy: India (as Javed Ahmad)
Adnane Korchyou ... camera technician: Morocco
Nikolai Kostov ... key grip: second unit
Tsvetan Kostov ... grip
Abdellilah Laghrissi ... electrician: Morocco (as Abdelilaj Larhrissi)
Clive Mackey ... first assistant camera: "b" camera, Morocco
Driss Marzak ... best boy: Morocco
Vladislav Mateev ... additional second assistant camera / steadicam assistant
Neven Mihailova ... additional camera operator: Bulgaria
Pavel Mitov ... best boy electric
Youssef Mohattane ... video assist
Razvan Paslaru ... grip: Morocco (as Paslaru Razvan)
Ivo Peitchev ... camera operator: "c" camera, Morocco
Emil Petkov ... grip
Georgi Petkov ... best boy grip (as George Petkov)
Ahmed Saadi ... grip: Morocco
Sanjay Sami ... key grip: India
Lorenzo Senatore ... camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator
Nikifor Shopov ... best boy electric (as Nikifor Sopov)
Georgi Sirakov ... video control assistant
Venelin Stepanov ... grip
Aurelian Stoica ... grip: Morocco
Miroslav Stoilov ... first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Miro Stoilov)
Atanas Stoyanov ... grip
Kamaleddine Talmi ... grip
Emiliano Topai ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Alexandre Trenev ... electrician (as Alexander Trenev)
Valentin Tsankarski ... electrician (as Valentin Tcankarski)
Mark Vargo ... camera operator: "b" camera / director of photography: second unit
Simon Varsano ... still photographer
Georgi Vasilev ... EPK camera (as Georgi Vasillev)
Ivan Vatsov ... second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Ivan Vatzov)
Georgi Yankov ... video control
Dimitar Liubomirov Petrov Zeiss ... electrician
Borislav Zlatinov ... camera loader
Aziz Zougar ... electrician: Morocco (as Aziz Zouggar)

Animation Department

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Victor Glushchenko ... animator

Casting Department

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Maya Andreeva ... casting assistant (as Maya Petkova)
Salah Benchegra ... casting
Poppy Bourchier ... casting: Australia, Mullinars Casting Consultants
Katerina Goranova ... casting assistant
Buffy Hall ... casting: UK
Gillian Hawser ... additional casting
Alexander Kossev ... extras casting: Bulgaria (as Alexander Kosev)
Alexander Kotsev ... extras casting
Sanjeev Maurya ... casting assistant: India
Ann Robinson ... casting: Australia, Mullinars Casting Consultants
Alla Samoylenko ... casting
Odile Schalit ... casting associate
Mariana Stansheva ... casting: Bulgaria (as Mariana Stanisheva)
Vicky Wildman ... casting: UK

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Tsvetanka Anachkova ... seamstress
Ivan Atanasov ... tailor
Alex Carey ... textile artist
Joseph Cigliano ... costume supervisor
Ina Damianova ... costume supervisor: Bulgaria
Debjani Das ... costume assistant: India
Devina Das ... costume assistant: India
Emil Dimitrov ... extras costumer
Dimitar Ferdinandov ... seamstress
Navghare Gauri ... costume assistant
Julia Gombert ... assistant textile artist
Enka Nilolaedu ... seamstress (as Enka Nikolaidu)
Nikolay Orlov ... costume breakdown: Bulgaria
Yordanka Orlova ... costume breakdown: Bulgaria
Bridget Ostersehlte ... costume supervisor
Adarsh Rai ... local wardrobe assistant: India
Mohamed Rai ... costumer: Morocco
Violeta Rusinova ... on-set costumer
Farukh Shaikh ... tailor: India
Mohd Hassan Shaikh ... dressman: India
Mohd Shaqeel Shaikh ... dressman: India
Mandira Shukla ... costume supervisor: India
Afran Siddique ... dressman: India
Nidhi Singh ... wardrobe assistant: India
Vyarka Sirkova ... on-set costumer
Boryana Stefanova ... costume breakdown: Bulgaria
Maria Stoyanova ... seamstress
Hassan Taghriti ... costume assistant: Morocco
Jasmina Vasileva ... lead on-set costumer
Joanna Weaving ... assistant textile artist
Keith M. Wegner ... costumer: Morocco (as Keith Wegner)
Nikolay Zlatanov ... costume breakdown: Bulgaria

Location Management

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Abdelhafid Balafrej ... location manager: Morocco
Mustapha Bediar ... location assistant
Sanjay Chaturvedi ... location manager
Valentin Kolev ... location assistant
Toni Lalov ... assistant location manager
Tsanko Machukliiski ... assistant location manager
Christian McWilliams ... supervising location manager: Morocco
Michael John Meehan ... location manager
Mitko Milushev ... location assistant
Dushyant Singh Rathore ... location assistant
Ivo Simeonov ... location manager: Bulgaria
Bhawani Singh ... location manager: India

Music Department

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Craig Beckett ... score assistant engineer
Elaine Beckett ... score coordinator
Dan Brown ... scoring stage manager
Leonard Gregoryan ... musician: classical and 12 string guitar
Alex Henery ... orchestra contractor
David Herzog ... musician: electric guitar
Brett Kelly ... conductor
Genevieve Lacey ... musician: bass recorder
Michael Letho ... music mixer / music recordist
Ewan Mitchell ... scoring stage manager
Sydney Scoring Orchestra ... musicians
Julie Raines ... musician: harp
Shaun Rigney ... music preparation / orchestrator
Emily Rogers Swanson ... music editor
Burkhard von Dallwitz ... music producer (as Burkhard Dallwitz) / musician: synthesizer & sampler (as Burkhard Dallwitz)

Script and Continuity Department

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Sylvie Chesneau ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Mohamed Abdelmoumeni ... driver: producers, Morocco (as Mohamed Abdelmoumen)
Trayan Anachkov ... driver: Mr. Henderson
Mario Atanasov ... transportation assistant
My Hafid Baba ... driver: cast, Morocco
Amine Bouziane ... driver: producers, Morocco
Lubomir Evtimov ... transportation coordinator
Rajeev Gaurang ... local transportation assistant: India
Ivan Geshtakov ... personal driver: Saoirse Ronan
Abdelilah Hamssaoui ... driver: cast, Morocco
Mustapha Harkati ... driver: cast, Morocco
My Ahmed Jouani ... driver: cast, Morocco
Rumen Marinov ... driver: Mr. Weir
Abdellatif Mouhtada ... driver: Mr.Weir, Morocco
El Mahjoub Najma ... transportation captain (as Mahjoub Nejma)
Kiril Neitchev ... transportation assistant
Hicham Regragui ... transportation manager: Morocco
My Rachid Rhattas ... driver: cast, Morocco
Lokendra Singh ... transportation manager: India
Plamen Slavov ... transportation coordinator
Khalid Smour ... driver: cast, Morocco (as Khalid Asmour)
Todor Stoinev ... driver: Ms. Levin & Mr. Clarke

Additional Crew

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Ngadi Abdeslam ... assistant accountant
Mustapha Adidou ... assistant: location manager
Michael Adler ... legal services: USA, Lichter, Grossman, Nichols & Adler
Anne Applebaum ... historical consultant
Maya Atanasova ... production assistant
Mohamed Atbir ... key production assistant: Morocco
Ota Bares ... animal wrangler
Violi Barreto ... production assistant
David Beal ... executive
Paresh Behera ... production accountant: India
Belinda Bennetts ... title designer
Velina Boneva ... assistant: Ms. Levin & Mr. Clarke
Delyan Borisov ... assistant accountant
Krassimira Borisova ... laboratory manager: Bulgaria, Kodak Cinelabs / technical supervisor: Bulgaria, Kodak Cinelabs
Milouda Bouih ... unit Nurse
Aziz Bousfiha ... production accountant
Bridget Briley-Snook ... legal services: USA (as Bridget Briley) / legal services: USA, Business Affairs (as Bridget Briley)
Stefan Brunner ... chief operating officer: Imagenation Abu Dhabi
Sally Brunski ... assistant: Mr. Weir (as Sally Edwards)
Houssna Choukri ... production coordinator: Morocco
Dennis Davidson ... international public relations consultant: DDA Public Relations
Suzanna de Miranda ... production coordinator: India
Cyril Delafosse-Guiramand ... technical advisor
Judy Dickerson ... dialogue coach: Mr. Farrell (as Judith Dickerson)
Laura Dodd ... production coordinator: LA
Hamza El Ghorfi ... production assistant
Abdelhak El Ghozail ... caterer: Morocco
Kattie Evans ... vice president: film acquisitions, National Geographic Entertainment
Michael Frayeh ... chief production accountant
Valentin Ganev ... dialect coach
Larry Garrison ... unit publicist
Mario Georgiev ... production accountant
Shradha Ghising ... production secretary
Kevin Graham-Caso ... assistant: Mr. Rudin
Peter D. Graves ... executive marketing consultant
Brendan Gunn ... dialogue coach: Mr. Sturgess
Naomi J. Hall ... archival research: Australia
Paul Hoggard ... tutor: Ms. Ronan (as Paul Huggard)
Zoltan Horkai ... animal wrangler
Mirela Hristova ... production assistant (as Mira Hristova)
Vasil Ivanov ... photo double: Kazik / stand in: Sebastian Urzendowsky
Borislava Ivanova ... craft service: Red Coral
Peter Ivanyi ... animal trainer: wolves
Keena Jones ... coordinator: films, National Geographic Entertainment
Nazha Kajja ... assistant: Mr. Henderson, Morocco
Kristina Kambitova ... legal services: Bulgaria
Waléra Kanischtscheff ... Russian voice over
Deepak Kantharia ... production accountant
Tim Kelly ... president: National Geographic Global Wedia, National Geographic Entertainment
Malika Keswani ... assistant production coordinator / assistant production coordinator: India
Dick Knapman ... laboratory liaison: UK, Soho Film Lab London
Daniela Koeva ... assistant: Mr. Tzachor & Mr. Peled
Kirsty Langsdale ... international public relations consultant: DDA Public Relations
Sophia Lansky ... dialect coach: Russian
Tiffany Leclere ... vice president & associate generl counsel: National Geographic Entertainment (as Tiffany K. Leclere)
Brittany Levin ... set production assistant: Morocco (as Brittany Levin-Clarke)
Brittany Levin-Clarke ... production assistant
Adam Lewin ... assistant: Mr. Brunner
Jillian Longnecker ... head of physical production: Exclusive Media Group
Mariusz Lukomski ... co-financier: Monolith Films
Radim Macha ... animal handler
Ken Makowski ... legal services: USA, Business Affairs
Mariela Manolova ... caterer: Ciao Ciao
Christie Mattull ... insurance agent: Momentous Insurance Brokers (as Christy Mattull)
Andy Mayson ... managing director & chief financial officer: Exclusive Media Group
Doug Mclure ... legal services: USA, Business Affairs
Bryce Menzies ... legal services: Australia, Marshalls & Dent
Kate Meyer ... post-production accountant: Australia, Moneypenny Services
Chris Miller ... head of production: National Geographic Entertainment
Stephen Monas ... legal services: USA, Business Affairs (as Syeve Monas)
Peter Nichols ... legal services: USA, Lichter, Grossman, Nichols & Adler
Ante Novakovic ... assistant: Mr. Farrell
Agnieszka Odorowicz ... co-financier: The Polish Film Institute
Rebecca Oliver ... legal services: Australia, Marshalls & Dent
Cora Palfrey ... chief financial officer: Europe, Exclusive Media Group
Nigel Pearson ... legal services: USA, Loeb & Loen
Roman Pessarov ... photo double: Zoran / stand-in: Dragos Bucur
Margarita Metodieva Petrova ... laboratory liaison: Bulgaria, Kodak Cinelabs
Petia Petrova ... assistant: unit managers
Stasi Petrova ... production coordinator
Faunafilm Prag ... animal agent
Bobby Ranghelov ... shipping and customs coordinator
Marina Ranghelova ... travel coordinator
Mohammed Hamza Regragui ... production assistant: Morocco
Melissa Rogal ... legal services: USA, Lichter, Grossman, Nichols & Adler
Natasha Roth ... production assistant
Nabila Samih ... office production secretary: Morocco
Marc Schipper ... chief operating officer: Exclusive Media Group
Rajban Sidhu ... loop group coordinator: Australia
Nathan Smith ... I/O operations liaison
Radoslaw Smuzny ... dialect coach (as Radoslaw 'Radek' Smuzny)
Michal Stovicek ... animal handler
Petr Straka ... animal handler
Jonas Talkington ... assistant: Mr. Henderson
Brett Thornquest ... production incentives advisor: Australia, The Contrarian Tax Unit
Suzanne Tierney ... legal services: USA, Business Affairs / legal services: production attorney
Didi Tokova ... production accountant: Morocco
Daniela Tully ... vp of development: imagenation abu dhabi
Dora Ujvary ... animal trainer: wolves
Yanko Ushatov ... assistant accountant
Ina Vaseva ... assistant production coordinator
Craig Warren ... insurance agent: Momentous Insurance Brokers
Mark Wolfe ... production executive: Exclusive Media Group
Lyubo Yonchev ... photo double: Kazik (as Lyubomir Yonchev) / stand in: Sebastian Urzendowsky (as Lyubomir Yonchev)
Massimo Benvegnu ... observer (uncredited)

Thanks

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Jeremy Child ... the producers wish to thank
Tim Cope ... the producers wish to thank
Craig A. Emanuel ... the producers wish to thank (as Craig Emanuel)
Brian Ganz ... the producers wish to thank
Susan Ganz ... the producers wish to thank
Lincoln Hall ... the producers wish to thank
Bob Harvey ... the producers wish to thank
Henry Hudson ... the producers wish to thank
Gordon Levin ... the producers wish to thank
Judy Levin ... the producers wish to thank
Olga Levin ... the producers wish to thank
Gayle S. Maffeo ... the producers wish to thank (as Gayle Maffeo)
James Mayne ... the producers wish to thank
Jon Muir ... the producers wish to thank
Nigel Pearson ... the producers wish to thank
Jim Sintros ... the producers wish to thank
Zbigniew Stanczyk ... the producers wish to thank (as Zbigniew L. Stanczyk)
Steve Warren ... the producers wish to thank
Jack Whigham ... the producers wish to thank
Hugh Whittacker ... the producers wish to thank

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Plot Summary

In 1940, three men attempt to flee communist Russia, escaping a Siberian gulag. This movie tells their story and that of four others who escaped with them and a teenage girl, Irena Zielinska, who joins them in flight. The group's natural leader is Janusz Weiszczek, a Pole condemned by accusations secured by torturing his wife, spent much of his youth outdoors, and knows how to live in the wild. They escape under cover of a snowstorm: cynical American Mr. Smith, Russian thug Valka, comedic accountant Zoran, pastry chef Tomasz Horodinsky, who draws, Priest Andrejs Voss, and Polish Kazik, who suffers from night blindness. They face freezing nights, lack of food and water, mosquitoes, an endless desert, the Himalayas, as well as many moral and ethical dilemmas throughout the journey towards freedom. Written by

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Also Known As
  • Niepokonani (Poland)
  • Les chemins de la liberté (France)
  • Der lange Weg (Germany)
  • Camino a la libertad (Spain)
  • 回来的路 (China, Mandarin title)
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  • 133 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United States $1,208,196, 23 Jan 2011
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $20,348,249, 15 Jun 2012

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Trivia This movie was inspired by the memoir of Slavomir Rawicz depicting his escape from a Siberian gulag and subsequent four thousand-mile walk to freedom in India. Incredibly popular, it sold over five hundred thousand copies, and is credited with inspiring many explorers. However, in 2006, the BBC unearthed records (including some written by Rawicz) that showed he had been released by the U.S.S.R. in 1942. In 2009, another former Polish soldier, Witold Glinski, claimed that the book was really an account of his own escape. However, this claim too has been seriously challenged. See more »
Goofs Janusz demonstrates a method using shadows of a stick and rock to find the compass direction of south. Yet, many of the scenes show them walking in a direction inconsistent with sun angles i.e. sun at their backs, which would have them walking north. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Episode dated 7 December 2010 (2010). See more »
Quotes Valka: You say too many prayers for an innocent man.
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