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      Escape From Sobibor

      TV-PG 1987 2h 28m Drama War List
      Reviews 82% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score During the height of World War II, members of a resistance movement within the Sobibor concentration camp attempt a daring uprising and escape. 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 and the realization that anyone apprehended will likely be killed. Initially plotting for a few people to escape, they eventually decide that all 600 prisoners must break out. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Oct 26 Buy Now

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      Laura L The story of the movie is based on fact. And the fact is that during WWII, Sobibor was one of the many concentration camps. But it was the only one from which the prisoners escaped. How they organized themselves? How many escaped? And what they did in life afterward? It's all in this must-see touching movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/04/23 Full Review steve d really powerful and uplifting. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I had to watch this 2 hour and 20 minute for an assignment that was due at 11:59 and I started at 10:20 pm so I had to watch it on youtube at 2x speed to finish by 11:30. This probably means I missed many things like pacing, directing, tension, and acting performances. However I still enjoyed the movie. It's based off an incredible real life event so the story and payoff is pretty strong. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Hogan's Heroes this is not. The horrors of the Nazi concentration camps coupled with a prison escape. Proves that such a movie can be made well without all of the Hollywood glitz and gore. Quality acting and script, solid direction on a great set. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Fantastic movie -- better than any other WWII prison movie! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Very fine film, very moving and pulls the viewer into the narrative. It is historically and thematically important as well. Artistically, I appreciate the irony that the caged rabbits, which the S.S. make Jews tend so they can eat their Hasespfeffer (traditional rabbit stew), eventually prove their undoing, and the caged prisoners (for which the rabbits are a metaphor) overcome their passivity and arise to kill and escape their captors. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis During the height of World War II, members of a resistance movement within the Sobibor concentration camp attempt a daring uprising and escape. 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 and the realization that anyone apprehended will likely be killed. Initially plotting for a few people to escape, they eventually decide that all 600 prisoners must break out.
      Director
      Jack Gold
      Producer
      Martin Starger
      Screenwriter
      Richard Rashke, Reginald Rose
      Production Co
      CFS Avala Film, Zentropa Entertainments
      Rating
      TV-PG
      Genre
      Drama, War
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 24, 2016
      Runtime
      2h 28m
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