To me, this movie is perfection.

hyped garbage

Don't Believe the Hype

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

"So weit die Füße tragen" or "As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me" is a German movie from 15 years ago and I am quite surprised how this film is really not known at all in Germany right now. It is probably more known abroad because of the subject. but I will come to that later. The reason for which it may not be too famous is that director Hardy Martins, who started as a stunt coordinator and already worked with Wim Wenders over 20 years ago, never made another movie after this one here. He was also part of a team that adapted the novel for the screen here. The lead actor is Bernhard Bettermann here and he is also not known at all today anymore, mostly acts in television series these days. This is quite a shame as he does a really good job with this movie and is in basically every scene from start to finish and what is even more impressive is that he carries this film for over 150 minutes. He is the main reason why this works pretty well. And the script is too of course.What I found most interesting is the plot of the film. There are so many German films about World War II, military operations, the Fuehrer, she suffering people, the chanting people etc. but this one here plays with the exception of the first couple minutes when everything is over. We see the protagonist spending time in a Soviet labor camp. The first third of the movie roughly is about the man's attempts to break free. Everything afterward is about how he succeeded, but is still fighting a really rough battle in order to survive and make it back to his family. This family background is the emotional aspect of the movie and this is also where it delivers pretty nicely. So as a whole the film includes really quite a few areas and works well in pretty much all of these: drama, war, survival, romance and history. I recommend this film. Go check it out. It is really impressive how it never dragged despite the massive runtime. Thumbs up.

I took pleasure from this film =8-). I enjoyed it, and see no reason to diagnose its content to death, as so often happens within this IMDb venue of puerile reviewers begging attention. It is a good film with credible acting and directing. In the right mind-set, its flaws are easily overlooked. Its true story-line has obviously garnered interest from a plethora of international viewers, most of whom (as well, myself) are pleased with its content, acting, directing - and who have eloquently expressed so in their own words. I found humanity and justice within its depiction, the attendant emotions (oh yeah, I teared-up on occasion), and not just a little of history unbeknownst to me. My hope is, viewers can beg-off cultural bigotries of their own and work-through this little gem with an open frame-of-mind from the outset, emotionally digesting its often not-so-subtle atrocities and poignant beauty.

I love foreign films. I was absolutely invigorated by the Argentina movie "The Secret In Their Eyes" which i saw yesterday and was the greatest movie I have ever experienced. So, when Netflix recommended As Far As My Feet, i was excited. To compare this to a Schindler's List quality is unfair. The quality was fair at best, some positive acting performances (the lead actor and his wife/children). But, the absolute carelessness of writer/director was offensive to a movie buff as myself. First, the Russian search would not have extended beyond a few days as they would have believed he died and was eaten by the wolves or covered in new snowfall. Next, at that time in history and still today, Russia was poor. And for two Russian hunters to come across him asleep and not rob/kill him is a stretch. Then, for those hunters to take him in, another stretch. Then for one of those hunters to be caught and taken to exact same Russian post (even though by that time they were much closer to other posts) is unbelievable. Then, to come across natives that have a stunningly beautiful woman who just happens to have lost her husband, and she is ready to strip and give herself to this new man entering the camp, another stretch. Also, a jew helping a German escape, and prepares to commit suicide if caught helping the German? Sure, that happens a lot. The train scene where they catch Clemens, his dog saves him as he runs off, and several Russians shoot at him in close range with machine guns, and of course he doesn't get hit. (That worked well in Rambo II and III). Then, the most unbelievable is the Russian camp leader treking all over the Soviet Union trying to find this one German, even going as far as Siberian to the Iranian border, and of course gets to the EXACT same check point, then lets him go? This movie was so poorly done, it is hard to classify as a Drama, it was more of a Comedy. I gave it a 3 instead of a one due to glimpses of a wonderful story with this man refusing to break a promise to his daughter. This movie has tremendous potential with a quality writer/director.

Atlast the wait is over, we see a German POW portrayed in good sense,up against all obstacles,hurdles a human could ever tolerate.Its about Clemens Forell(POW)making his way all through the feet to him hometown. I donna want to spoil the plot by detailing the events.The film scores in its background & theme music,adds Chilling effect to the frozen sheet.The exotic locations is visual treat for eyes. Irina Pantaeva locks you in her charm and beauty.Even though the film ends in a positive note,you will suffer from the DISTANT WALK.This film made me look beyond the horizon Hollywood, and ignited a liking for German movies.A great movie if you have the TIME. If you like this movie you will also like THE GREAT ESCAPE(pow classic)