---
title: 'As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hardy Martins'
released: '2001-12-27'
runtime_minutes: 158
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Russia'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/as-far-as-my-feet-will-carry-me-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277327/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)

2001 · 158 min · Drama, Adventure, War · Russia, Germany

Original title: So weit die Füße tragen

## Synopsis

As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me is a 2001 film about German World War II prisoner of war Clemens Forell's escape from a Siberian Gulag in the Soviet Union back to Germany. It is based on the book of the same name written by Bavarian novelist 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. A previous television adaptation was produced in 1959.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hardy Martins](https://cinepixo.com/people/hardy-martins)
- **Screenplay:** [Bernd Schwamm](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-schwamm)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eduard Artemyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-artemyev)
- **Producer:** [Jimmy C. Gerum](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-c-gerum)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pavel Lebeshev](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-lebeshev)
- **Editor:** [Andreas Marschall](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-marschall)

## Cast

- [Bernhard Bettermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-bettermann) as Clemens Forell
- [Irina Pantaeva](https://cinepixo.com/people/irina-pantaeva)
- [Anatoliy Kotenyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoliy-kotenyov)
- [Hans Peter Hallwachs](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-peter-hallwachs)

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