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    As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me

    Original title: So weit die Füße tragen
    • 20012001
    • TV-GTV-G
    • 2h 38min
    IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
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    So weit die Füße tragen (2001)
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    At the end of WW2, a German POW doing hard labor in the Soviet Gulag escapes from his Siberian camp to return to Germany but he's pursued by a Soviet NKVD officer.At the end of WW2, a German POW doing hard labor in the Soviet Gulag escapes from his Siberian camp to return to Germany but he's pursued by a Soviet NKVD officer.At the end of WW2, a German POW doing hard labor in the Soviet Gulag escapes from his Siberian camp to return to Germany but he's pursued by a Soviet NKVD officer.At the end of WW2, a German POW doing hard labor in the Soviet Gulag escapes from his Siberian camp to return to Germany but he's pursued by a Soviet NKVD officer.At the end of WW2, a German POW doing hard labor in the Soviet Gulag escapes from his Siberian camp to return to Germany but he's pursued by a Soviet NKVD officer.

    • Director
      • Hardy Martins
    • Writers
      • Josef Martin Bauer(novel "As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me")
      • Bastian Clevé
      • Hardy Martins
    • Stars
      • Bernhard Bettermann
      • Iris Böhm
      • Anatoliy Kotenyov
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    • Director
      • Hardy Martins
    • Writers
      • Josef Martin Bauer(novel "As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me")
      • Bastian Clevé
      • Hardy Martins
    • Stars
      • Bernhard Bettermann
      • Iris Böhm
      • Anatoliy Kotenyov
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    • 50User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Bernhard Bettermann
    • Clemens Forellas Clemens Forell
    Iris Böhm
    • Kathrin Forellas Kathrin Forell
    Anatoliy Kotenyov
    Anatoliy Kotenyov
    • Oberleutnant Kamenevas Oberleutnant Kamenev
    Michael Mendl
    Michael Mendl
    • Dr. Staufferas Dr. Stauffer
    Irina Pantaeva
    Irina Pantaeva
    • Irinaas Irina
    Hans-Uwe Bauer
    • Leibrechtas Leibrecht
    • (as Hans Uwe Bauer)
    André Hennicke
    André Hennicke
    • Bauknechtas Bauknecht
    Antonio Wannek
    Antonio Wannek
    • Matternas Mattern
    Johannes Hitzblech
    • Danhornas Danhorn
    Stephan Wolf-Schönburg
    • Klugmannas Klugmann
    Irina Narbekova
    • Dr. Pachmutovaas Dr. Pachmutova
    Pavel Lebeshev
    Pavel Lebeshev
    • Lagerkommandantas Lagerkommandant
    Vladimir Korpus
    Vladimir Korpus
    • Semjonas Semjon
    • (as Wladimir Korpus)
    Igor Filchenkov
    • Anastasas Anastas
    • (as Igor Filtschenkov)
    Tschmid Rintshinov
    • Kolkaas Kolka
    Nikolai Kondrashkin
    • Schamaneas Schamane
    Dabatsu Jundunova
    • Kp;kas Frauas Kp;kas Frau
    Artur Fjodorowitsch
    • Vorabeiter Holzlageras Vorabeiter Holzlager
    • Director
      • Hardy Martins
    • Writers
      • Josef Martin Bauer(novel "As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me")
      • Bastian Clevé
      • Hardy Martins
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    As prisoner of war Clemens Forell, a German soldier during WW II, is sentenced to 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 won't be his last. His prosecutor Kamenev is always right behind him, and more than once it seems that Forell is captured again... —Pooh Frames
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      • Based on a true story and best selling novel.
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Adventure
      • Drama
      • War
    • Certificate
      • TV-G
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    • Trivia
      The name Clemens Forell is an alias. The real life version of Forell was named Cornelius Rost. He used a different name as he was afraid of potential trouble with the KGB when the book was released.
    • Goofs
      Forell's daughter is looking at a post 1991 map, it shows boundaries of countries that did not exist as independent entities during the 1940s-50s, such as Croatia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Latvia, and others.
    • Alternate versions
      Version released in USA is heavily cut down from 158 minutes to 122 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told (2013)

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    10/10
    A wonderful forgotten WWII morality tale from the German perspective
    I had the great pleasure of seeing this film at the 2001 Houston Int'l film fest and spoke briefly with the director. This is an exceptional film both in terms of subject and technical production. For far too long the German heroes of world war two, ordinary family man who's lives were destroyed by Hitler's war machine as thoroughly as those the German's invaded, have been considered guilty by association. As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me, a film version of an equally excellent book, tells the true story of one man and his struggle both during the war and in a Russian concentration camp, and his ensuing decades long struggle to rejoin his family. While the film does stray from reality, it does so to great dramatic effect (the scene on the bridge). I have been pining for four years now to get my hands on a copy of this film for my home collection. If you ever get a chance to watch this film it is one of the best war films you will ever see.
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    • tonyg34
    • Jan 9, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 27, 2001 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official Site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • Latin
      • German
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Flykten från Gulag - ett tyskt soldatöde
    • Filming locations
      • Germany
    • Production companies
      • B & C Filmproduktion GmbH
      • Cascadeur Filmproduktion GmbH
      • KC Medien
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    • Budget
      • DEM 15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $804,608
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 38min
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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