A great movie and great story of a German POW who escapes Siberia on foot.

We have this movie and what a story, it is a true story of a German POW who was captured at Stalingrad. It is about his escape on foot. I will not say anymore but if you can try to rent it or purchase a copy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Far_as_My_Feet_Will_Carry_Me
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me

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As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
Directed by
Hardy Martins
Produced by
Hardy Martins
Written by
Bastian Clevé
Hardy Martins
Bernd Schwamm
Starring
Bernhard Bettermann
Michael Mendl
Anatoli Kotenjow
Irina Pantaeva
Iris Böhm
Hans Peter Hallwachs
Release date(s)
December 27, 2001 (2001-12-27) (Germany)
Running time
158 min
Country
Germany
Language
German, Russian

As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (German: So weit die Füße tragen) is a 2001 film about German World War II prisoner of war Clemens Forell's escape from a Siberian Gulag in Russia back to Germany. It is based on the eponymous book written by Josef Martin Bauer. The book is in turn based on the story of Cornelius Rost who used the alias "Clemens Forell" to avoid retribution from the KGB.[1]

 

D`you know I have been looking for this film in the shops for ages, after seeing it on TV.
I can only find it for the American market and not for this country, Ive looked on Amazon etc to no avail. Anyone managed to buy it for the UK?.

 

Thank you PA for the film info - I must track a copy down.

Reminds me of meeting with another German with a similar experience
AMPS
AMPS

Cheers,

Gerry

 

In the story of "As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me" it shows the German POWs were kept in the lead mine where they ate, slept and were worked to death. Very few ever got out of the mine after they were brought there to work as slaves.

In "Stalingrad" you see the huge waste of human lives and the stupidity of the war and some of the real fools running the operations from German side. Then you see some of the German soldiers questioning their officers about why in the world are we here, why did you allow us to fall into this mess and on.

More then once I read that even "Das Boot" was not allowed to be viewed in Germany for a long time.

 

I don't doubt what you have said Owen, I am only repeating what we were told over here on some of the sites selling the movie in the states.

You saw this your self and that is enough for me, thank you setting this straight.

We have a woman at church whose father was a POW of the Russians. He returned to Germany in the 1950s. They migrated to the USA but his health was never good after his time as a POW and he died sometime later. Her mother is still alive.

The daughter said when I asked her how in the world did he make it through that time and back to Germany said her father said it was through the kindness of some of the Russians who gave him aid and food.

 

ok then I`ll keep trying

 

Watched this film quite a while back a really enjoyable film

 

I don't know why but others have told me it has been nearly impossible to get it in zones other then the USA.

Do you have a Netfix operation in England? I know they had it here to rent.