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A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.
Theatrical
Jan 21, 2011
Box Office
$24.2M
Budget
$30.0M
Return
0.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 22, 2011
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Exclusive Media, National Geographic Films, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Exclusive Films, Monolith Films
Quotes
See all →The Complexity of Freedom and Prison
Valka
Prison is okay. Debt is bad. But there are many prisons, they don't find me.
Zoran
What about America?
Valka
Oh, it's not for me, freedom. I wouldn't know what to do with it, I swear to God.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Irony of Stalin's Promises
Valka
Don't you know what "Stalin" means, funny man? Means man-of-steel. He takes from rich, and gives to poor.
Zoran
Yes, of course he does. Then he takes both of them, and puts them in Gulag for 25 years.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →E
Ed Harris
Mr. Smith
J
Jim Sturgess
Janusz Wieszczek
S
Saoirse Ronan
Irena Zielińska
C
Colin Farrell
Valka
M
Mark Strong
Andrei Khabarov
G
Gustaf Skarsgård
Andrejs Voss
D
Dejan Angelov
Andrei
D
Dragoș Bucur
Zoran
A
Alexandru Potocean
Tomasz Horodinsky
S
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Kazik
Z
Zahari Baharov
Interrogator
I
Ihor Hniezdilov
Bohdan
S
Stanislav Pishtalov
Commandant
N
Nikolay Stanoev
Yuri
S
Stefan Shterev
Cook
Y
Yordan Bikov
Garbage Eater #1
R
Ruslan Kupenov
Garbage Eater #2
N
Nikolay Mutafchiev
Guard #1
V
Valentin Ganev
Guard #2
A
Anton Trendafilov
Steam Man
