About this release
Directed by Hardy Martins, As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001) stars Bernhard Bettermann and Michael Mendl. Based on the book by Josef Martin Bauer, the film follows a German prisoner of war who escapes from a Soviet labour camp in Siberia after World War II and begins a years-long journey home. The story combines survival, escape and war drama across vast and hostile landscapes. Från IMDB: A German Army officer is captured by the Soviets in World War II and sent to a labor camp in Eastern Siberia. After five years of enormous hardship he escapes, commencing an incredible, arduous, danger-filled journey.
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As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
158 min
WarDrama
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.
Credits
Director
Hardy Martins
Writer
Bastian Clevé
Cast
Bernhard Bettermannas Oberleutnant Clemens Forell
Michael Mendlas Dr. Heinz Stauffer
Anatoliy Kotenyovas Oberleutnant Kamenev
André Hennickeas Willi Bauknecht
Hans Peter Hallwachsas Onkel Baudrexel
Hans-Uwe Baueras Leibrecht
Antonio Wannekas Alfons Mattern
Irina Narbekovaas Dr. Pachmutova
Pavel Lebeshevas Lagerkommandant
Aleksandr Efremovas Igor
Cinematographer
Pavel Lebeshev
Composer
Eduard Artemyev
Editor
Andreas Marschall
Producer
Jimmy C. Gerum
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- August 3, 2026