As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)

Director
Hardy Martins

Main cast
Bernhard Bettermann; Michael Mendl; Anatoliy Kotenyov; Irina Pantaeva; Iris Böhm

Genres
Drama

Description
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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