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ORIGIN OF THE STORY:

Who wrote the book in which is based this film?
What is the title of the book?

Its inspired in ‘La larga marcha’, a book from Slawomir Rawicz (I didn’t remember it, I just searched it in google)

ROUTE:
Say the route traveled by the heroes: where it starts and finishes and the kilometers.

Its starts in the gulag (in Siberia) and it ends in India. It is approximately 6000km

ORIENTATION:
Name the ways the hero uses to orientate

It uses a rock and stands right in front of it. That’s the only method of orientation that I remember

CLIMATES and LANDSCAPES:

Name the landscapes that appear in the film and the climates they correspond to.

It was snowy and with trees, then (I don’t remember much the order in which they were) it was desert and then it was all full
of trees and tea leaves.
Name the main climates in the planet and their corresponding landscapes.

The tropical (full of trees and very humid), dry (for example, deserts), continental (plain places) and polar (usually plain, and
very cold)
How do they protect themselves in the sandstorm?

They ‘hide’ in the side of a little dune, where the wind isn’t flowing to.

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES:
Name from north to south the main geographical features the heroes pass through.

Siberia (cold and with a lot of trees), Mongolia (a plain desert), China (full of mountains) and finally India (also full of
mountains but with trees and a lot of plants)
OROGRAPHY:
Old massif and young mountains: check the definition for both in the book and name an example shown in the film.

A massif is a principal mountain mass, while a young mountain have steep slopes and high pointed peaks. I don’t re -
member anything like that in the film

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POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY:
Name the countries they go through and the corresponding capital.

They start in Siberia (with capital Novosibirsk), then Mongolia (with capital Ulán Bator), China (with capital Pekin) and
lastly to India (with capital New Delhi)

BIOLOGY:
Name biological elements shown in the film.

I dont understand this question

PSICOLOGICAL ASPECTS:
Describe the psychological evolution of the heroes as a group and from an individual point of view.

Some become more enthusiast and others become more ‘depressed’ as they walk more
Do they take decisions as a team? Is there any leader?

They take all decisions as a team, even though someone leaves the group because he couldn’t go more
What does lie produce in people?

It causes untrust
What is the main physiological benefit of pardon?

It shows people that you aren’t ‘arrogant’

POLITICS:
Why do totalitarian regimes abolish religion?

Because religion is an obstacle for dictatorships

HISTORY:
Year 1941, what is going on in the world? Historical context.

The IIWW is happening.

What about Russia? What kind of political regime is there?

Authoritarian dictatorship
What is a gulag?

A forced work camp situated

What is the USSR?
What men does Valka has tattooed in his chest?
At the end of the film, what year is it? What does the hero do?
What is “political asylum”?

HISTORIA:
Año 1941, ¿qué está pasando en el mundo en ese momento? Contexto histórico.
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¿Qué es un gulag? ¿En qué época existieron y por qué?

¿Qué es la URSS?
Quiénes son los personajes que Valka lleva tatuados en su pecho?
Al final de la película, ¿en qué año está el personaje principal? ¿Qué hace?
¿Qué es “asilo político”? ¿A qué país lo pedirías?

ART:
What kind of art can you see in the film?
Check into internet any author that has painted in a concentration camp.
BUILDINGS:
What types of buildings are shown in the film?
MUSIC:
What music do you remember in the film?

ARTE:
¿Qué tipo de arte sale representado en la película?
Busca en internet algún autor de algún campo de concentración.
CONSTRUCCIONES:
¿Qué tipo de construcciones hemos visto en la película?
MÚSICA
¿Qué tipo de música sale en la película?

RELIGION:
Do they pray or do any kind of ritual? When?
Name and define the two main types of funerary rites of the Western world.
In the middle of the film, they find a Buddhist temple. Name the main religions of the world.
How do we call the Orthodox Christian cross? What does it symbolize?

RELIGIÓN:
¿Rezan o hacen algún tipo de ritual? ¿Cuándo?
Nombra y define los dos tipos de ritos funerarios principales del mundo Occidental.
A mitad de la película encuentran un Templo Budista. Cita las principales religiones orientales y las principales religiones
occidentales.
¿Cómo se llama la cruz del Cristianismo Ortodoxo? ¿Cuál es su simbología?

CULTURE:
What is the origin of the Cyrillic alphabet?

CULTURA:
¿Cuál es el origen del alfabeto cirílico?

TRANSIBERIAN TRAIN:
Find a map in internet.

TREN TRANSIBERIANO:
Encuentra un mapa en internet que muestre el recorrido.

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