Sobibor

"Based On a True Story That Changed The World"

Mar 29 2019 TV-MA 1h 50m
Drama, History, War

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.

Plot

"Sobibor" is based on the history of the Sobibór extermination camp uprising during WWII and Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky. When he was a POW in Sobibor, he managed to do the impossible - to organize a revolt and mass escape of the prisoners. Many of the escapees were later caught and died - the rest led by Pechersky managed to join the partisans. Script based on the book by Ilya Vasiliev: "Alexander Pechersky: Breakthrough to Immortality"

Written by

Michael Edelstein, Andrey Nazarov, Anna Tchernakova

Directed by

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy, Christopher Lambert, Felice Jankell

Crew

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Production Countries

Russia

Production Companies

Patriot Productions, Karoprokat

Languages

Deutsch, Polski

Awards

3 wins

Trailers
Sobibor 2018 Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
6,240
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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