The Way Back

"The Way Back" tells the story of a group of prisoners who manage to escape from a Siberian Gulag during World War II, but their escape is only the first step in a perilous journey across vast, unforgiving landscapes to reach freedom, facing extreme weather conditions, starvation, and constant danger as they trek through Mongolia and the Gobi Desert towards India, with their survival depending on their resilience and ability to navigate complex moral dilemmas along the way; the film highlights the harsh realities of the escape and the ongoing struggle for freedom that follows, not just the initial act of breaking free from captivity.