The Way Back (2010) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Peter Weir.

Cast

• Ed Harris as Mr. Smith
• Jim Sturgess as Janusz Wieszczek
• Saoirse Ronan as Irena Zielińska
• Colin Farrell as Valka
• Mark Strong as Andrei Khabarov
• Gustaf Skarsgård as Andrejs Voss
• Dejan Angelov as Andrei
• Dragoș Bucur as Zoran
• Sally Brunski as Janusz's Wife, 1939
• Alexandru Potocean as Tomasz Horodinsky
• Sebastian Urzendowsky as Kazik
• Zahari Baharov as Interrogator
• Ihor Hniezdilov as Bohdan
• Stanislav Pishtalov as Commandant
• Mariy Grigorov as Lazar
• Nikolay Stanoev as Yuri
• Stefan Shterev as Cook
• Yordan Bikov as Garbage Eater #1
• Ruslan Kupenov as Garbage Eater #2
• Nikolay Mutafchiev as Guard #1
• Valentin Ganev as Guard #2
• Anton Trendafilov as Steam Man
• Pearce Quigley as The Professor
• Sattar Dikambayev as Mongolian Horseman
• Hal Yamanouchi as Official
• Meglena Karalambova as Janusz's Wife, 1989
• Irinei Konstantinov as Janusz, 1989

Crew

• Keith Clark — Producer
• Peter Weir — Producer
• Nigel Sinclair — Producer
• Peter Weir — Director
• Joni Levin — Producer
• Peter Weir — Screenplay
• Russell Boyd — Director of Photography
• Slavomir Rawicz — Novel
• Keith R. Clarke — Screenplay
• Burkhard von Dallwitz — Original Music Composer

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