The Desperate Ones or Beyond the Mountains (Spanish: Más allá de las montañas) is a 1967 American-Spanish dramatic adventure film directed by Alexander Ramati and starring Maximilian Schell, Irene Papas and Raf Vallone.[1]

The Desperate Ones
Directed byAlexander Ramati
Written byAlexander Ramati
Produced byAnthony B. Unger
StarringMaximilian Schell
Irene Papas
Raf Vallone
CinematographyChristian Matras
Edited byPeter Weatherley
Music byCristóbal Halffter
Production
companies
David Films
Pro Artis Ibérica
Distributed byCommonwealth United Entertainment (US)
Ízaro Films (Spain)
Release date
  • March 26, 1967 (1967-03-26)
Running time
104 minutes
CountriesSpain
United States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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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.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.861

Bibliography

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