The film deals frankly with the horrific existence of the prisoners that arent immediately sent to their deaths. Escape from sobibor is a made for television movie based on an amazing reallife story about the most successful uprising of jewish death camp prisoners in world war ii. The historical recreation of the escape from the nazi death camp sobibor, where approximately onequarter million jews were executed. In the 1987 madefortv film escape from sobibor he was played by alan arkin. It had the most successful prisoner escape in world war ii on october 14, 1943. Escape from sobibor 1987 stream and watch online during the height of world war ii, members of a resistance movement within the sobibor concentration camp attempt a daring uprising and escape. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. It is the story of the mass escape from the german extermination camp at sobibor, the most successful uprising by jewish prisoners of german extermination camps uprisings also. Dec 02, 2015 escape from sobibor is a 1987 british madefortv film which aired on cbs. Escape from sobibor 1987 stream and watch online moviefone. Escape from sobibor dvd rutger hauer for sale online ebay. April 11, 1987 escape from sobibor is a very violent film, and yet children ought to be encouraged to watch it. But those who were its captives, the jewish laborers that had been spared from the ovens, knew that they were on borrowed time and that their only hope was to.
But those who were its captives, the jewish laborers that had been spared from the ovens, knew that they were on borrowed time and that their only hope was to escape. It is the story of the mass escape from the german extermination camp at sobibor, the most successful uprising by jewish prisoners of german extermination camps uprisings also took place at auschwitzbirkenau and treblinka. The 1987 madefortelevision movie escape from sobibor, based on. Escape from sobibor certainly shows itself as a 1980s madefortv production, in terms of filming techniques and a lowerbudget kind of feel. Remembering the sobibor uprising the national wwii museum. Gustav wagner, jack shepherd itzhak lichtman, emil wolk samuel, simon gregor stanislaw shlomo szmajzner, linal haft oberkapo porchek, jason norman thomas toivi blatt, robert gwilym chaim engel, eli. Feldhendlers life in lublin is mentioned in the 2005 book wyjatkowo dluga linia by hanna krall. Alexander pechersky the revolt and escape from sobibor death. The historical recreation of the escape from the nazi death camp sobibor, where approximately two hundred fifty thousand jews were executed.
However, nearly all were ultimately recaptured, and only about sixty people survived sobibor. It is the story of the mass escape from the extermination camp at sobibor, the most successful uprising by jewish prisoners of german extermination camps uprisings also took place at auschwitzbirkenau and treblinka. Sobibor was a secret camp in the woods of eastern poland but it is estimated 250,000 or more jews were killed there, and the camp was operational for not even two years, the camp opening in may 1942 and closed after the october 1943 revolt. The inspiring revolt and escape, which took place on october , 1943, eventually caused the nazis to close the death camp. It is the story of the mass escape from the extermination camp at sobibor, the most successful uprising by jewish prisoners of german extermination camps uprisings also. With alan arkin, joanna pacula, rutger hauer, hartmut becker. Escape from sobibor tv movie 1987 plot summary imdb. The film was directed by jack gold and shot in avala, yugoslavia now serbia. Escape from sobibor dvd bluray for sale online ebay. With alan arkin as their leader, rutger hauer and a group of prisoners devise an elaborate plot to make their escape. Feb 11, 2017 during wwii, the death camp at treblinka had an escape, causing the commandant at a similar camp in sobibor to vow that his camp would never experience the same thing.
But those who were its captives, the jewish laborers who had been spared from the ovens, knew they were on borrowed time. After trying to escape in may 1942, he was taken to borisov, where a medical examination exposed him as being of jewish extraction. It was located in the forest next to the railway station of sobibor within the semicolonial territory of the general government in occupied poland. The runtime on our version of escape from sobibor is 02. Escape from sobibor 1987 cast and crew during the height of world war ii, members of a resistance movement within the sobibor concentration camp attempt a daring uprising and escape.
Alan arkin, joanna pacula, rutger hauer,, official content from live home video exciting true story of the most successful escape. Escape from sobibor tv movie 1987 parents guide imdb. A lieutenant in the red army, he became a prisoner of war in october 1941. Watch the movie on ext in good quality hd720, hd1080. Escape from sobibor is a 1987 british madefortv film which aired on cbs.
Claude lanzmann told the tale of the pechersky uprising in his 2001 documentary sobibor, october 14, 1943, 4 p. Deadly marksmen full episode s6, e history duration. Nevertheless, the interaction between hauer and alan arkin the civilian leader of the escape is solid, and the supporting characters especially the guy who looks a lot like fred ward come across as. May 28, 2017 the historical recreation of the escape from the nazi death camp sobibor, where approximately onequarter million jews were executed. Of approximately six hundred prisoners who attempted escape on october 14, 1943, around three hundred succeeded. As the underground group, including alexander pechersky rutger hauer and leon feldhendler alan arkin, devise a plan, they must contend with nazi officers, ukranian guards. Jack golds 1987 tv movie escape from sobibor featured rutger hauer as pechersky. The story of a group of 600 captives, forced to work in a german. Escape from sobibor 1987 is an itv television movie based on the book by richard rashke that details the 1943 escape of hundreds of jewish prisoners from a death camp in german occupied poland. With joanna pacula and alan arkin in escape from sobibor, 1987. During wwii, the death camp at treblinka had an escape, causing the commandant at a similar camp in sobibor to vow that his camp would never experience the same escape from sobibor 1987 on vimeo join. Nailbiting and true account of the largest successful esape from a nazi concentration camp. During wwii, the death camp at treblinka had an escape, causing the commandant at a similar camp in sobibor to vow that his camp would never experience the.
It was written about tenants of a local tenement house, 20 and nominated for the nike award. Wwii german labor camp prisoners plan an escape for all of the camps 600 prisoners. This gripping, factbased drama chronicles the courage of an inmate who managed the largest escape from such a place. Exciting true story of the most successful escape of inmates at a nazi prison camp. Six hundred inmates were driven to a desperate, daring escape attempt, on october 14, 1943, from sobibor, the most secret of three death camps located in eastern poland.
When two prisoners escape from a work detail in the nearby forest, wagner forces the remaining prisoners of the work gang to each select. During wwii, sobibor was a notorious nazi death camp. This is a hard to watch, but worth watching movie on the prisoner revolt at sobibor, one of the worst nazi death camps in poland. Based on the reallife story of the most successful concentration camp uprising during the holocaust. During wwii, the death camp at treblinka had an escape, causing the commandant at a similar camp in sobibor to vow actually threaten that his camp would never experience the same thing.
German death camp in sobibor, poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand jews. In the selected camp structures camp i, camp ii, camp iii, camp iv under construction, the. Jan 20, 2015 based on the reallife story of the most successful concentration camp uprising during the holocaust. Dec 01, 2015 escape from sobibor is a 1987 british madefortv film which aired on cbs. Escape from sobibor is a 1987 british television film which aired on cbs. Escape from sobibor digitally remastered based on the book by richard raske, escape from sobibor details the story of the largest prisoner escape from a wwii nazi death camp. This film is in the public domain and this is not the uncut version. When it premiered on cbs in 1987, about thirtyone million six hundred thousand americans saw this. Sobibor extermination camp 1942 1943 stichting sobibor.
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