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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Way Back
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Film Details - Exclusive Films ; National Geographic Films , 2011

Producers:

Executive producers: Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei, Tobin Armbrust, Ed Borgerding, Keith R. Clarke, Guy East, Jake Eberts, Adam Leipzig, Simon Oakes, John Ptak, Scott Rudin, and Jonathan Schwartz.
Producers: Duncan Henderson, Joni Levin, Nigel Sinclair, and Peter Weir.
Line producers: Ahmed Abounouom (Morocco), Karim Abouobayd (Morocco), Robert Huberman (India), R.J. Mino (Morocco), and Dileep Singh Rathore (India).
Co-producer: Roee Sharon.
Co-executive producer: Alexander Yves Brunner.
Associate producer: Marius A. Markevicius.

Production Companies:

Exclusive Films, National Geographic Entertainment, ImageNation Abu Dhabi FZ, On the Road, and Point Blank Productions.

Finance Organisations:

Monolith Films and Polish Film Institute credited as co-financiers.

Director of Photography:

Russell Boyd.

Editors:

Lee Smith.

Production Designers:

John Stoddart.

Music:

Burkhard von Dallwitz.

Cast:

Including Colin Farrell (Valka), Mark Strong (Khabarov), Saoirse Ronan (Irena), Jim Sturgess (Janusz), Ed Harris (Mr Smith), Gustaf Skarsgård (Voss), Alexandru Potocean (Tomasz), Sebastian Urzendowsky (Kazik), and Dragos Bucur (Zoran).

Release Dates:

Release dates: 26 December 2010 (UK), 21 January 2011 (USA), 24 February 2011 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed on location in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India; Erfoud, Morocco; Sofia and Vakarel, Bulgaria and Ouarzazate, Morocco.

Post Production:

Undertaken in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Awards:

  • Academy Award, Best Achievement in Makeup (nomination), 2011.
  • APRA Award, Feature Film Score of the Year (nomination), 2011.
  • Screen Music Award, Best Feature Film Score (nomination), 2011.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Siberia,
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    Russia,
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    c
    Former Soviet Union,
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    Eastern Europe, Europe,
  • c
    Mongolia,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • c
    China,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • c
    Tibet,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • c
    India,
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    South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1940s
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