Sobibor
The film is based on a real story that happened in 1943 in the Sobibor concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. The main character of the movie is the Soviet-Jewish soldier Alexander Pechersky, who at that time was serving in the Red Army as a lieutenant. In October 1943, he was captured by the Nazis and deported to the Sobibor concentration camp, where Jews were being exterminated in gas chambers. But, in just 3 weeks, Alexander was able to plan an international uprising of prisoners from Poland and Western Europe. This uprising resulted in being the only successful one throughout the war, which led to the largest escape of prisoners from a Nazi concentration camp.
Synopsis
The film is based on a real story that happened in 1943 in the Sobibor concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. The main character of the movie is the Soviet-Jewish soldier Alexander Pechersky, who at that time was serving in the Red Army as a lieutenant. In October 1943, he was captured by the Nazis and deported to the Sobibor concentration camp, where Jews were being exterminated in gas chambers. But, in just 3 weeks, Alexander was able to plan an international uprising of prisoners from Poland and Western Europe. This uprising resulted in being the only successful one throughout the war, which led to the largest escape of prisoners from a Nazi concentration camp.
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Cast
Directed by Konstantin Khabenskiy
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Alexander Pechersky
Christopher Lambert
Karl Frenzel
Michalina Olszańska
Hanna
Felice Jankell
Luca
Mariya Kozhevnikova
Selma
Dainius Kazlauskas
Leo
Philippe Reinhardt
Siegfried Greitschus
Maximilian Dirr
Johann Neumann
Mindaugas Papinigis
Berg
Wolfgang Cerny
Gustav Wagner
Ivan Zlobin
Shlomo
Sergey Godin
Arkadiy Vayspapir
Gela Meskhi
Semen Rosenfeld
Dirk Martens
Bachman
Evgeniy Sarmont
Lejtman
Joshua Rubin
Yakob
Production
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Release
2018
Runtime
110 min
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