I have to get back. I have to get back.

Rating: 7/10 (10 November 2013)

A small group of determined survivors walks together toward freedom — through a forest, a blizzard, a desert, across mountains. A thousand- kilometer journey.
A great cast: Ed Harris an American, who claims his name is only "Mr. Smith," and Colin Farrell as Valka, a Russian. Jim Sturgess as Janusz, who's had the idea for the escape, and Irene (Saoirse Ronan), a young Polish woman.
The screenplay by Peter Weir and Keith Clarke claims to have been inspired by Slawomir Rawicz's bestselling memoir, which has since been debunked as not entirely true. (A BBC documentarian believes there is evidence to suggest the journey happened and that Rawicz stole a different prisoner's factual escape story.) That hasn't prevented Weir and longtime cinematographer Russell Boyd from fully conveying the scope and severity of the journey, fictional though it might be.
How severe was it? Well, the search for food and water completely took the men's minds off the fact that there was a beautiful woman in their company.
One can only imagine the satisfaction of releasing someone from their self-imposed guilt.