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.
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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
Antonio Vico 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