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Bernhard Betterman, André Hennicke, Michael Mendl, Irina Pantaeva, Hans-Uwe Bauer ... see more see more... , Hans Peter Hallwachs , Anatoliy Kotenev , Irina Narbekova , Stephan Wolf-Schoenburg

The true story of a German soldier's long and difficult journey home after being sentenced to a Russian prison camp inspired this wartime epic. In 1944, Clemens Forell (Bernhard Bettermann) leaves beh... read more read more...ind his wife and children and joins the German army, where he is sent to fight along the Russian front. After a year in the trenches, Forell is captured by Soviet forces and is sentenced to spend 25 years at hard labor, mining lead. Predictably enough, the mine proves to be a dangerous and dispiriting environment, and after three years Forell decides he can stand no more and blocks out an escape plan. Forell makes his break during the dead of winter, and while he's at first discovered by a group of hunters who intend to turn him back in, a band of Eskimos come to his rescue. Forell throws in his lot with them, eventually falling in love with the lovely granddaughter (Irina Pantayeva) of the Eskimo chieftain. After a few seasons with the Eskimos, Forell resumes his journey back home, narrowly escaping capture in Siberia and finding an unexpected ally as he tries to cross into Iran. So Weit Die Fuesse Tragen was adapted from a best-selling German novel based on an actual incident; the novel was also the basis for a popular German television series of the late '50s. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Hardy Martins

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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007

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  • itsjustme2004
    October 14, 2010
    itsjustme2004
    Ok, I really liked this even though at times it seemed like a German version of a made-for-tv movie. I also am having a hard time believing everything that happened to him, like the part with the beautiful eskimo woman. But, all in all, it was really good. I got chills during the... read more very last scene.
  • LittleMissBloodAndGuts
    March 3, 2010
    LittleMissBloodAndGuts
    Mesmerizing account of a German POW making his way back across 3000 miles of Russia after escaping from a Soviet forced labor camp in Siberia. A bit slow in a few places. One might do well to fast-forward through the first 8 minutes of irrelevant and sappy family sentiment, to t... read morehe point where the prisoners actually debark from the trains and begin their ordeal. This film could have been a bit more gritty, but it is nevertheless a very interesting adventure. Well produced, German language, English subtitles.
  • seanattle74
    January 31, 2010
    seanattle74
    I like escape movies, especially true stories. I find it hard to believe some of it may have happened, but who knows?
  • SDphotoggirl
    May 30, 2008
    SDphotoggirl
    Not a bad movie..though it seemed a bit like a "tv movie" in style and acting. The story was interetsing and kept me from turning off the DVD. You have to suspend belief a few times and overlook some melodramatic acting/plot devices (like everyone helping the main character takes... read more poison and dies...bs). It is an enjoyable watch and definitely not a waste of time.

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