Summaries

A German Army officer is captured by the Soviets in World War II and sent to a labor camp in Eastern Siberia. After five years of enormous hardship he escapes, commencing an incredible, arduous, danger-filled journey.

As prisoner of war Clemens Forell, a German soldier during World War II, is sentenced to 25 year in a labor camp in far east Siberia. After four years working in the mines he escapes from the camp (in 1949) and tries to get home to his wife and children. For three years he journeys through Siberia. An odyssey of 14,000 kilometers, set against a backdrop of desolate and inhospitable landscape, beset by danger (from both animals and humans). Constantly battling the worst nature can throw at him, Forell makes his way, step by step towards Prussia and the longed-for freedom. Sometimes riding on trains, sometimes by boat, mostly on foot, he never knows if his next step will be his last. His prosecutor Kamenev is always right behind him, and more than once it seems that Forell is captured again.—Pooh Frames

Details

Keywords
  • german abroad
  • year 1951
  • year 1956
  • year 1950
  • year 1952
Genres
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • War
Release date Dec 26, 2001
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-G
Countries of origin Germany
Official sites Official Site
Language German Russian Latin
Filming locations Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Production companies B & C Filmproduktion GmbH Cascadeur Filmproduktion GmbH KC Medien

Box office

Budget $15000000
Gross worldwide $804608

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 38m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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