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Originally Posted by Eichhornchen
I read a book years ago about a desperate escape from a post-war soviet prison camp and the subsequent journey (during which, in this true story, the escapees even believe they encountered a Yeti.) I was sure the book was called The Journey, and that a film of it had recently been made. Clearly I was mistaken, for when I search for this title, all I get is the rather cheesy-looking film below.
Does anyone know what the book/film title is? It's a great PoW yarn, if nothing else... |
The book you are thinking of was likely
The Long Walk (1956), the memoir by former Polish POW Sławomir Rawicz, who escaped from a Soviet Gulag and walked 4,000 miles to freedom in World War II.
A movie based on it starring Ed Harris and directed by Peter Weir called
The Way Back was made in 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_Back