A story proved to be a fraud. But a beautiful film anyway.

Rating: 4/10 (22 April 2011)

Good movie, even though its a bit false to claim that its based on a true story. Because its not. The Polish soldier Slavomir Rawicz was indeed arrested and sent to a camp in Siberia, but not for espionage but for murdering a Russian NKVD officer. He was set free in 1942 because of a general amnesty issued by the Soviet authorities and joined General Anders polish army stationed in Russia in the war against the Nazis. The so called autobiography written by Slavomir Rawicz was believed by many to be true, until the former news correspondent Tim Whewell presented the results of his thorough research in the BBC radio documentary "Walking the talk?".
A polish soldier that got a ridiculously low sentence for murder, who was then released by the Soviet authorities and sent back to his polish army that fought alongside the Soviet Red Army against the Nazis. There you have it! To say that the true story takes the edge of this fictional movie is an understatement. But well worth seeing because of the nice filming of different landscapes and environments.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6098218.stm