At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.
Ed Harris
as Mr. Smith
Jim Sturgess
as Janusz Wieszczek
Saoirse Ronan
as Irena Zielińska
Colin Farrell
as Valka
Mark Strong
as Andrei Khabarov
Gustaf Skarsgård
as Andrejs Voss
Dejan Angelov
as Andrei
Dragoș Bucur
as Zoran
Sally Brunski
as Janusz's Wife, 1939
Alexandru Potocean
as Tomasz Horodinsky
Sebastian Urzendowsky
as Kazik
Zahari Baharov
as Interrogator