So weit die Füße tragen (1959)
1h 22m
Running Time
February 12, 1959Release Date
So weit die Füße tragen (1959)
1h 22m
Running Time
February 12, 1959Release Date
Plot.
The German prisoner of war Clemens Forell sits in an East Siberian prisoner of war camp, where he was sentenced to 25 years of forced labour. Already during transport there freeze or starve to death prisoners, the conditions on the ground are hardly better. When Forell is sent to the hospital in 1949, he finally manages to escape. An adventurous odyssey begins.
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As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (German: So weit die Füße tragen) is a 1959 West German television series which was first broadcast on ARD on six episodes. It is based on the memoirs of Cornelius Rost detailing his escape from a Soviet gulag after being held as prisoner of war. It starred Heinz Weiss as Clemens Forell, the alias used by Rost.
Other actors who appeared in the series include Wolfgang Büttner, Johannes Buzalski, Hans Epskamp and Dietrich Thoms.