et ▁Will ▁Car ry ▁Me ▁() ▁is ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁film ▁about ▁German ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁prisoner ▁of ▁war ▁C lem ens ▁For ell ' s ▁escape ▁from ▁a ▁Si ber ian ▁Gul ag ▁in ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁back ▁to ▁Germany . ▁It ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁written ▁by ▁Bav arian ▁novel ist ▁. ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁in ▁turn ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Corn el ius ▁Rost ▁who ▁used ▁the ▁alias ▁" C lem ens ▁For ell " ▁to ▁avoid ▁ret ribution ▁from ▁the ▁K GB . ▁However , ▁since ▁the ▁book ' s ▁publication ▁over wh el ming ▁doub ts ▁have ▁been ▁raised ▁about ▁the ▁authentic ity ▁of ▁Rost ' s ▁story . ▁ ▁Plot ▁C lem ens ▁For ell ▁is ▁a ▁German ▁We hr macht ▁soldier ▁who ▁was ▁captured ▁by ▁the ▁S ovi ets ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 . ▁ ▁For ell ▁is ▁sent enced ▁to ▁ 2 5 ▁years ▁hard ▁labour ▁for ▁" cr imes ▁against ▁the ▁part is ans " ▁and ▁sent ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁large ▁group ▁of ▁prisoners ▁to ▁a ▁Gul ag ▁labour ▁camp ▁in ▁the ▁Si ber ian ▁region ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁After ▁a ▁huge ▁cross - cont inent ▁railway ▁journey ▁on ▁star v ation ▁r ations , ▁and ▁a ▁long - cross - country ▁tre k ▁by ▁foot ▁into ▁the ▁ble ak ▁w ilder ness , ▁they ▁arrive ▁at ▁the ▁g ul ag . ▁This ▁is ▁run ▁by ▁a ▁cruel ▁commander ,