Movie Info

Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of George Hogg, a young British journalist, who rescues 60 orphaned children. He leads them on a tre...(read more...) acherous 1000-mile journey along the Silk Road, through the Liu Pan Shan Mountains into the spectacular Gobi desert. Over the course of the journey he falls in love with a determined, self-trained nurse, and makes a friend in Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group. Madame Wang, a surviving aristocrat, assists in guiding them to safety in a remote village near the western end of China's Great Wall.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode

MPAA: R

Running Time: 2 hrs. 5 min.

Release Date: Feb 08, 2008

Cast: Anastasia Kolpakova, Guang Li, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Lin Ji, Matt Walker, Michelle Yeoh, Ping Su, Radha Mitchell, Yuelong Fang, Yun-Fat Chow