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The 32-year old actor has been lined up to star alongside Ed Harris, 21's Jim Sturgess and Atonement actress Saoirse Ronan.
Based on the memoirs of Slavomir Rawicz, the story follows a group of soldiers who plot their escape from a Siberian gulag in 1942 following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland.
Farrell will reportedly play a Russian, Harris an American and Sturgess a Polish inmate. 14-year-old Ronan will play a young Russian on the run who encounters the fugitives.
The film, scripted by Master And Commander director Weir, is scheduled to begin filming in Bulgaria in March.
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