Cinematography:
Pavel LebeshevComposer:
Eduard ArtemyevCast:
Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm, Anatoliy Kotenyov, Michael Mendl, Ирина Пантаева, Hans Peter Hallwachs, André Hennicke, Aleksandr Efremov, Heinrich Giskes (more)Plots(1)
Based on a true story and a bestselling novel, this powerful epic captures the incredible journey of German soldier Clemens Forell in his dramatic escape from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. Through bitter cold winters, desolate landscapes, and life threatening adventures, Forell - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes his way, step by step, towards freedom. 8,000 miles and 3 endless years of uncertainty later, he is finally about to reach his destination... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Bernhard Bettermann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/829/157829378_f8eb77.jpg)
Bernhard Bettermann
France
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Callboys - Jede Lust hat ihren Preis (1999) (TV movie)
![Iris Böhm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/134/160134171_c804a1.jpg)
Iris Böhm
West Germany
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Schimanski (1997) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Anatoliy Kotenyov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/687/160687468_e110cf.jpg)
Anatoliy Kotenyov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Spacewalker (2017)
Deja vu (1990)
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
![Michael Mendl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270583_0a6740.jpg)
Michael Mendl
German Empire
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Pope John XXIII (2002) (TV movie)
Das ewige Lied (1997) (TV movie)
![Ирина Пантаева](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/908/157908755_03ad83.jpg)
Ирина Пантаева
Soviet Union
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Celebrity (1998)
Zoolander (2001)
![Hans Peter Hallwachs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/286/159286321_2772a1.jpg)
Hans Peter Hallwachs
German Empire
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)
Degree of Murder (1967)
![André Hennicke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272481_0eefe9.jpg)
André Hennicke
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Aleksandr Efremov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
![Heinrich Giskes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/443/159443543_a8c3c2.jpg)
Heinrich Giskes
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Heidi (2015)
The Tenderness of Wolves (1973)
![Hans-Uwe Bauer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/863/168863404_bx0i6h.jpg)
Hans-Uwe Bauer
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Never Look Away (2018)
Der Aufenthalt (1983)
![Antonio Wannek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/262/160262273_281610.jpg)
Antonio Wannek
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
![Simon Beckord](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/812/159812392_77bac6.jpg)
Simon Beckord
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Klinik unter Palmen (1996) (series)
Waléra Kanischtscheff
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Visitor (2007)
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Fateless (2005)
![Pavel Lebeshev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/162/160162118_4e5e6a.jpg)
Pavel Lebeshev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)
Mummy (1999)
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
![Anna Herrmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/847/168847937_ln9prz.jpg)
Anna Herrmann
Germany
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Die Toten vom Bodensee (2014) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Dietrich Thoms
German Empire
Best movies:
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
![Johannes Hitzblech](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/589/160589410_74d42c.jpg)
Johannes Hitzblech
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Distant Lights (2003)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Ирина Нарбекова
Best movies:
Egor Abrosimov
Best movies:
![Valeriy Kudashkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/629/162629003_3e1b39.jpg)
Valeriy Kudashkin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
August. Eighth (2012)