Film record

The Way Back

2010Feature film133 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States · Poland · United Arab Emirates · India
Languages
English
Genres
drama film · war film · survival film · prison film

Credits

Cinematography

Russell Boyd — Cinematography

Direction

Peter Weir — Directing

Editing

Lee Smith — Editing

Music

Burkhard Dallwitz — Music composition

Cast

Jim Sturgess — Acting (Janusz Wieszczek)
Colin Farrell — Acting (Valka)
Ed Harris — Acting (Mr. Smith)
Saoirse Ronan — Acting (Irena Zielińska)
Mark Strong — Acting (Andrei Timofeyevich Khabarov)
Gustaf Skarsgård — Acting (Andrejs Voss)
Sebastian Urzendowsky — Acting (Kazik)
Dragoș Bucur — Acting (Zoran)
Yordan Bikov — Acting (Garbage Eater #1)
Zahari Baharov — Acting (Interrogator)
Sally Edwards — Acting
Haruhiko Yamanouchi — Acting (Official)
Alexandru Potocean — Acting (Tomasz Horodinsky)

Production

Peter Weir — Production
Scott Rudin — Production

Writing

Peter Weir — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
3 Sep 2010Checked 1 Oct 2026
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