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'The Desperate Ones' or 'Beyond the Mountains' (Spanish: 'Ms all de las montaas') is a 1967 American-Spanish dramatic adventure film directed by Alexander Ramati and starring Maximilian Schell, Irene Papas and Raf Vallone.Goble p.861

Plot



Following the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939 and the subsequent invasion of Poland, two brothers are sent to the gulag in Siberia. They manage to escape and undertake an epic attempt to make it to the border with Afghanistan.

Cast



* Maximilian Schell as Marek

* Irene Papas as Ajmi

* Raf Vallone as Victor

* Theodore Bikel as Kisielev

* Maria Perschy as Marusia

* Fernando Rey as Ibram

* George Voskovec as Doctor

* Alberto de Mendoza as Hamlat

* as Ulug Beg

* Vicente Sangiovanni as Shura

* Boyd Holister as Ukrainian NKVD

* Danny Steinmann as NKVD Guard

* Mariela Chatlak as Aka

* Carmen Carbonell as Ulug Beg's Wife

See also



*'The Way Back' (2010)

References



Bibliography



* Goble, Alan. 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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