The Way Back, partly inspired by Slavomir Rawicz's acclaimed novel The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom, chronicles the escape of a small group of multi-national prisoners from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and their epic journey over thousands of miles across five hostile countries. It stars Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong and Colin Farrell.
While the film was shot overseas, director Peter Weir brought the film back to Australia where several local companies were involved in post-production including Deluxe, Soundfirm and RSP.
The war epic, which had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival last month, will be released on January 21 in the US.