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As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me

2001 · 158 min

A grueling, snowbound survival trek that wears you down with cold and distance, yet keeps you hoping for one man's long walk home.

Overview: 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.

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
family
freedom
betrayal
Places: wilderness
prison
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	5
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, war
Directed by: Hardy Martins
Written by: Bastian Clevé
Starring: Bernhard Bettermann, Michael Mendl, Anatoliy Kotenyov, André Hennicke, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Antonio Wannek, Irina Narbekova
Music: Eduard Artemyev
Cinematography: Pavel Lebeshev
Runtime: 158 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German, Russian

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