So weit die Füße tragen

Dec 27 2001 TV-G 2h 38m
Action, Adventure, Drama

The German soldier Clemens Forel - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes a dramatic escape through bitter cold winters, desolate landscapes, and life threatening ventures from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. 8000 miles and three endless years of uncertainty later, he is finally about to reach his destination... An edge of your seat drama that celebrates the power of the human spirit and the force of will, while inspired and impowered by love.

Plot

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

Josef Martin Bauer, Bastian Clevé, Hardy Martins

Directed by

Hardy Martins

Cast

Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm, Anatoliy Kotenyov

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

B & C Filmproduktion, Cascadeur Filmproduktion GmbH, ARD

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

1 win total

Trailers
As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
8,725
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA