Talk:As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me

"Errors"
The film contains no greater number of errors than most films...but such errors always fall broadly into two groups a) things that do not make sense in terms of logic and b) things "historically wrong" for the period. a) When Forell meets the two hunters in northern Siberia they both speak perfect German, which would be highly unlikely, both in educational terms and inasmuch that knowing such a language at that time would be treated as being a spy. The concept that the two may be German PoWs escaped from a gulag goldmine makes even less sense... as they say that they "mine in the summer" and "hunt in the winter"... hardly the behaviour of prisoners. The film (and book) forget that the Soviet guards themselves did not have a good life in the Gulags, and their diets would also be poor. Energy in = energy out. To survive in this environment you MUST have a regular intake of food (energy). In the "storm" scene... the trees fall over in different directions... implying the wind keeps changing direction. IF the story were true and the location correct it would be far more logical to head to Alaska than across a continent of enemy territory. b) When asked to strip, the Germans can be seen to be circumcised... this was almost exclusively a Jewish trait in the 1940s... and certainly would not have been accepted in a medical exam for a German officer. The clothing worn by Forell during his escape contains a high proprtion of Fake Fur (which looks very different from real fur)... at this time... in this environment... only real fur would have existed. --Stephencdickson (talk) 23:51, 26 October 2014 (UTC)


 * So what? The film skimped on special effects and costumes. The storm was unconvincing, more the camera moving than the trees, the furs weren't real fur; but those aren't "errors". In the film, when Clemens sees the "Alaska" name on the steam engine, the Lieutenant tells him that even if he got to Alaska, the Americans have a treaty and would just return him ... may or may not have been true, but was a reason not to go that way. Not to mention, he would need a boat and sailing ability. 123.208.236.123 (talk) 01:46, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Different Cuts?
Are there different cuts of this film, because in the one I saw, the ending is different from the description in this article. In the version I saw, he went to the family house, and heard them celebrating Christmas. Rather than knock on the door. He stands for a short while in the dark, then walks away. This is where the film ends. I remember this distinctly, because my wife asked me, "Why did he walk away...?" KägeTorä - ( 影 虎 ) ( Chin Wag )  13:58, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Just watched the BluRay, and it did have the meeting at the church at the end. 123.208.236.123 (talk) 02:06, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Novel vs. film
According to the German Wikipedia article about this movie, Kamenev, the Russian who pursues the protagonist, like the pursuer in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' does not exist in the novel. Kdammers (talk) 10:51, 29 May 2020 (UTC)