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.
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Title: So weit die Füße tragen (2001)
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Bernhard Bettermann | ... | Clemens Forell |
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Iris Böhm | ... | Kathrin Forell |
| Anatoliy Kotenyov | ... | Oberleutnant Kamenev (as Anatoly Kotenyov) | |
| Michael Mendl | ... | Dr. Stauffer | |
| Irina Pantaeva | ... | Irina | |
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Hans-Uwe Bauer | ... | Leibrecht (as Hans Uwe Bauer) |
| André Hennicke | ... | Bauknecht | |
| Antonio Wannek | ... | Mattern | |
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Johannes Hitzblech | ... | Danhorn |
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Stephan Wolf-Schönburg | ... | Klugmann |
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Irina Narbekova | ... | Dr. Pachmutova |
| Pavel Lebeshev | ... | Lagerkommandant | |
| Vladimir Korpus | ... | Semjon (as Wladimir Korpus) | |
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Igor Filchenkov | ... | Anastas (as Igor Filtschenkov) |
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Tschmid Rintshinov | ... | Kolka |
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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... Written by Pooh Frames
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Although the movie is presented as a true story, it is believed that Rost aka Forell (who truly made an impressive escape, even if not the one presented in the movie) fabricated or exaggerated some details, and claimed other people's experiences as his own, to make a good story better. See more »Goofs
While walking at night across a plain field of snow, with just the moon as only source of light, Forell throws three different shadows. See more »Alternate Versions
Version released in USA is heavily cut down from 158 minutes to 122 minutes. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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GermanyRelease Date:
27 December 2001 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me See more »Edit
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DEM15,000,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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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.