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Golden Globe winning TV movie about the Sobibor death camp and the legendary mass escape bid. If you can get over some of the Nazi officers having British accents, and some of the prisoners also having British accents, and blue-eyed Northern European Rutger Hauer playing a Jewish Soviet soldier, you’ll find a movie equal to and perhaps exceeding Schindler’s List in its emotional power, if not in its production values.
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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.
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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. The film deals frankly with the horrific existence of the prisoners that aren’t immediately sent to their deaths. All the prisoners depicted here are based on real people, so Alan Arkin is Leon Feldhendler. This makes the day to day struggles all the more terrifying, but is handled with a thoughtful and sophisticated touch by veteran director Jack Gold. Introduced an hour into the film, Rutger Hauer plays Russian soldier Aleksandr ‘Sasha’ Pechersky, who was instrumental in the escape. His performance – which includes a growing…
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This had me anxious and stressed the entire time, great film. There were some great actors that lead this emotional experience.
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This made-for-TV movie from the UK caused quite a splash at the Golden Globes in its day (an awards ceremony we can all agree will remain relevant and vital for decades to come) and earned a lot of plaudits for Rutger Hauer in particular – which is slightly surprising. Not that he isn’t good – he’s great – but he’s really just one of an ensemble. His character is innately appealing and heroic though, so it wouldn’t be the first time the awards-voters confused a very appealing character with a great performance. It’s yet another Holocaust story – but although we have been inundated with film treatments of such accounts ad nauseum for many years now, if we can’t devote…
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One of the better Holocaust dramas of its era. Heartfelt performances and a compelling script easily overcome a tiny budget and some awkwardly staged action scenes.
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Starring: The Wicked, Charming, Dutch Icon Rutger Hauer “The Great Escape” may have attained great recognition and gained a position in popular culture, but in my opinion, this film is not only more engaging and enjoyable, but the story itself is considerably more remarkable. A film based on the true account of one of the largest mass escapes from a concentration camp, in which more than 300 Jews succeeded, has a very low chance of failing. Add to that some great performances from established actors like Alan Arkin or an EMMY nominated performance by our very own Rutger Hauer, to relatively unknown actors like Pacula or Becker, all of them manage to leave an impact and deliver on their respective…
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Filmen bygger på en sann historia (som ju så ofta är fallet med den här typen av film). Storyn är hämtad från en bok med samma namn som filmen (skriven av Richard Rashke). Förutom nämnda bok använde filmens manusförfattare Reginald Rose även berättelser från ett par andra överlevare till sitt filmmanus. Det fanns ungefär 50 överlevande av de över 600 judiska fångar som deltog i flykten. Filmen är producerad för TV, det är en samproduktion mellan brittisk och amerikansk TV (både BBC och CBS var inblandade). Ett lyckat samarbete. Det här är spännande, dramatiskt och hyfsat realistiskt och jag tror att det är filmmanusförfattaren (Rose) som ska ha mest creds för detta. Den här är ju också en ganska så…
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This is good, mass escapee from Sobibor concentration camp. Another great escape in world war II history.
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סרט לראות באוטובוס בדרך לטרבלינקה. ותו לא.
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הרבה נצנצים וחדי קרן
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“We work for them so we may survive, and we survive for a reason — revenge. And someday we will have it.“
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Bad ppl
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Um bom retrato do Holocausto, mas sinto que faltou algo
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Muy buena, te coloca en la época y te cuenta que pasaba en ese campo de concentración y su historia.
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pour ne jamais oublier
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feels bad giving this a bad rating but damn they could Not act
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FFlickets 7 月 12, 2026
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Wherever there is oppression, there is also resistance.
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אני רואה את הסרט הזה כל יום השואה. זה סרט עמוק על בריחה אמיצה של היהודים מהמחנה בסוביבור. גם אותו מאוד חשוב לראות ביום השואה
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Some films are too beautiful to review. Words can’t describe this one.
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la vi en clase de historia, q fuerte
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I saw this movie when I was too young. Needs a rewatch, but reminded me at the time that there’s worse things than colonialism and slavery, it’s not being useful at all to your captors and getting killed for it.
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this was a great story but i feel like if it was re created today it would be better quality
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watched today in school had me on edge
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Very eye opening to find out what happened, we watched this in school and it’s a hard watch knowing it’s based off of true history but is a great way to learn and spread the story. Great movie!! Amazing acting.
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The only flaws are results of a TV production, not an actual movie. And also because the version I watched was trimmed from 180 minutes to 143. What a movie. What a story. Truly, truly disturbing and intense. Wow.
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it was a great message just i don’t love these kinds of movies
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Recomiendo encarecidamente el visionado de este tan desconocido telefilm, al menos de la primera mitad, que creo que tiene algunas de las escenas que para mí describen mejor el terror que se vivió en los campos de concentración. La segunda mitad es muy lineal, deja todo esto a un lado y se centra en el planteamiento final del escape. No por ello es mala parte, pero sí un poco más floja, aunque igual de entretenida. Puntazo a favor que entre…
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I think this has to be one of the most realistic, heartbreaking, yet potentially hopeful movie about death labour camps. There was so many times that had me TENSE because I had no idea what the Nazi’s cruelty was going to do next. Some of the shots too, a girl standing off the train then cut to her jacket in the clothing hut was so horrifying. I can’t imagine the horror of having to go through what these poor people…
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The acting isn’t very good but it’s a cool movie and apparently very faithful
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Ok. Good but not great especially acting wise and some of the actors made “intresting” choices but the action scenes were good and the choice to tell there story was really good. Maybe a bigger budget would have helped but I’m not holding it against them. Not special just good.
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This is such a sick story and the last scene was awesome.
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Using kapos as enforcers just adds a cherry on top to all the evil actions of the SS
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Some quite sanitised portrayals with classic crap TV Movie shooting style, but the excellent story carries it very far
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It’s a very powerful and gripping film based on a striking true story. The tension is constant, and the movie presents reality in a direct and serious way. It’s not an easy watch, but it’s very effective and memorable
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Utterly depressing
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Im so intrigued in story’s like this and its history and just history overall
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Really well done movie, but hard watch at 8 am every morning
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Everybody should watch this, especially today. It covers a true story of the Shoah with dignity and accuracy and is heartwrenchingly real from the first moment. May our tears be a reminder of how to not let this happen again.
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I’m crying where’s Moses 😭 And some of those who escaped experienced horrible deaths 😭
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Fire
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Mr Hansen always knows peak
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Alv no esperaba mucho y me gusto
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Tough watch. The whole movie looked hot as fuck. Had the Alabama sun filter on. Added a distinct sense of discomfort as every horrific scene was just broad daylight. I can’t imagine being in this situation, and I definitely would like it less if I was sweating my balls off.
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Watched this as a part of my Rutger Hauer fixation series, and I really enjoyed it—I almost watched it all last night and had to force myself to pause it and get some sleep. I love when movies make me squirm in moments of tension, and the scene where the prisoners had 1 hour to sneak around and kill off as many SS officers as they could had me soooo nervous that they were gonna get caught. Of course, in…
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okay, i usually don’t like war movies but this was actually interesting and i surprisingly enough didn’t feel bored
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The only thing more powerful than hate is love!!
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An extremely powerful film about the Holocaust. Had a significant impact on my way of thinking tbh.
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The potential for this to be a good movie is there, but it unfortunately missed the mark for me. The story itself isn’t too bad. Some of the character writing definitely could have been better, but I liked the way it all led up to the escape. However, I think it took a bit too long to get there. There are big chunks of the film when characters are just talking about the logistics of escaping, and the way they…
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I was very taken aback when I realized that was Alan Arkin
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When the ss officer “why can’t we use them first” talking about the Jewish women, that deadass hit me really hard it scares me that there are men out there who think like this
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A great movie about ww2 and the holocaust. Sasha the GOAT🦾
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OKAY SO I FORGOT TO LOG THIS IN WE WATCHED THIS IN CLASS LIKE LAST MONTH UGH I HATE WAR RELATED MOVIES💔
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“if ive never eaten an apple, id much rather want to eat a red one instead of a green one” brother what.
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A very fine film, done realistically and with good performances. The camp setting is totally believable, the conditions grim, and the guards and prisoners are all played well. Suspense is built and maintained, and the desperation of the prisoners is convincing. Somewhat like Schindler’s List, in that the true events depicted did at least have a somewhat happy ending for the lucky few who got away. Alan Arkin is excellent as the camp leader and Rutger Hauer is fine as the Russian soldier who plays a major role in the escape. This is an excellent film well worth seeing.
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When I wrote about The Zone of Interest a few weeks ago I wondered whether the Holocaust is a subject that, in the vast majority of cases, only a documentary can touch safely. This is a long, long way from the chillingly oblique approach of that film and I think some people really won’t be comfortable with its TV movie straightforwardness, but I think it’s basically a success and a worthwhile tribute to the participants in this remarkable story. The…
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first half was an emotional wreck. second half made up for that pain by giving the viewer a sense of revenge as well – it hurt me so much to think that this actually happened, it’s utterly barbaric.
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I had first seen this at some point on TV and VHS in the 1990s. The rewatch went even better, thanks to improved video quality (and I believe, in my cloudy, alcoholic memories, that I had seen the edited 2-hour version originally. This time, I watched the circa 148-minute version. To me, it wasn’t a huge difference, but more is better, in this case. To deviate even further, I’d love to find the ITV 169/176-minute edition). This might be best…
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Should’ve killed the SS like they did in Inglorious Basterds
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A dramatic holocaust account. Emotional and engaging.
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The atrocity of every WW2 events always reminds us that this is one of the darkest history in humankind.
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Considering it came in the “Rutger Hauer action 3 pack” I wasn’t expecting a serious holocaust drama, It was still quite good after I got over the initial whiplash and knew what I was in for.
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I didn’t really pay attention man
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Bblahblah8 3 月 30, 2026
they spent all their money on the costumes and realized they have 4 cents left
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i watched this at 8am in class and cried
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Russian has mad aura Actually really good movie, and I enjoyed it a lot. Crazy this is based on true events
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Thank you history teacher for introducing me to this.
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In bed asking to receive some slobibor
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Alan Arkin is a phenomenal actor. He elevates every film I’ve seen him in.
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was a quite interesting film until they started cutting a fence with fence cutters 10 feet away from the guards basically 5 minutes in, i mean how did they even walk in with a massive pair of fence cutters without the guards noticing! mind you they were about 2 centimetres away from a fence i guess it probably couldve been used to trim hedges or something for what they were but there was no hedges in sight….! they couldve shown…
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So overwhelming
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had to watch in history , really relevant and powerful
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leon da goat 🥹
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Calm lil lindsay watch
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l’histoire est cool mais c le pire acting de l’histoire
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Nah
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There is no escape from Sobi- OH SHIT powerful war drama but not my fav
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It has a lot weighing it down technically. The writing and acting are a mixed bag, it has moments of terrible ADR, shoddy editing, and odd directorial choices. The movie is definitely dated, but the story itself is too remarkable to write off, the way it’s depicted being truly powerful and harrowing. Some scenes will certainly be sticking with me for a while. I’m happy to have watched it.
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call me insensitive but this movie was lowk buns
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Despite its budget limitations, Escape from Sobibor is a powerful depiction of the holocaust. It’s characters are well developed, it does not shy away from the horror of concentration camps. Desperately needs a remaster.
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Ils savent pas courir en zigzagues
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After marathoning quite a few Rutger Hauer movies, with a few of them being bad, at least his movies from the 90s, “Escape from Sobibor” was refreshingly really good. A Holocaust movie based on a very true story, which is where around 300 Jewish prisoners successfully escaped the Sobibor death camp in Poland in 1943, also called the Sobibor Uprising. It was one of the most successful escapes during WWII. With not giving too much away, “Sobibor” focuses on Polish…
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Intrigante en la mayoría de veces,no tiene muy buenos efectos especiales pero son decentes para la epoca
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It’s crazy how much history is forgotten by the passage of time. If it wasn’t for this miniseries I never would have known the true story of 600 Jewish prisoners leading a revolt against their Nazi captors. Absolutely incredible and well-crafted, shot, acted, directed. Even the afterthoughts are fascinating.
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the kids in my class were making holocaust jokes when we watched this in school other than that its pretty good
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“There is no escape from Sobi- OH SHIT.”
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הורדתי על המשחק ואולי על הסוך למרותש הוא ישן הסרט שואה הכי טוב שראיתי עד היום בכל מקרה סרט מעולה ממליצה! הסוף שלא מצאו את לוקה עושה לי לבכות הצילום מעולה והסצנות מאוד ממחישות והכל מאוד מובן הורדתי כי סרט שואה אבל זה ציון ממה טוב
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fucking boring
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EFS is a surprisingly good 1987 made-for-tv movie. While avoiding violence as is typical for a tv movie it doesn’t shy away from the horrors of extermination camps – arbitrary torture, killings, mass shootings. Arkin and Hauer provide enough charisma to keep it engaging. It’s not the greatest Holocaust movie but it’s not trying to be. If you’re an aficionado of WWII this is a compelling chapter.
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although we had to watch it for class, i surprisingly really enjoyed it. it portrayed the horrors of the camp well and was shocking to watch. the ending is supposed to be slightly more lighthearted compared to the rest of the film, but honestly the fact that the true number of actual survivors was a lot less was disheartening. if we’re being real, the filmed made me cry in a lot of parts as well.
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deg deg an nya dapet si ini, yg mo liat apa aja yang dilakuin para pekerja di kamp paksa bisa nonton enih. CRAZY
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Is was good. The movie was long but the film teknikken was pretty good. The end was good because the real people from the camp were mentioned and their stories were told
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Considering it was made for television, a very depressing and occasionally horrifying retelling. The acting ranges from award winning to… less than great but it doesn’t really matter as none of that detracts from the film’s impact.
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It seemed pretty good but I spent most of my time telling students to stop talking, organising furniture, and sorting out attendance so I might’ve missed one or two or three or more than four things
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The version I saw was only 2 hours long and from one of those Mill Creek 50 movie packs. Was still a really good watch even with over 30 minutes missing.
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I am at a loss for words. (Which, if you know me, doesn’t happen that often) The way the horror of WW2 is shown in this movie is absolutely astonishing. Chills.
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Lenta, densa, excesivamente larga. Buen final, va no es bueno pero es un final “feliz”. Ni cerca llega a ser top pelis del holocausto pero tampoco es una mala película.
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Love this! what a true story! And I was surprised at how well told it was Oohh to be a fly on the wall when those SS f*ckers had to fess up that they lost almost the entire camp
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Meu primeiro filme de guerra antigo dublado, foi o que me fez gostar de filmes antigos. Esse filme trás uma história emocionante e única, a fuga em massa de um campo de concentração. Com personagens carismáticos e humanos você percorre toda o preparo da fuga desde os contratempos até a realização final. O remake é HORROROSO e devia ser extinto da face do planeta terra.
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watch this for an assignment but enjoyed it more than I thought I would
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More of this, more killing nazis please
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Gains a star for Rutger Hauer
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Showing this in class in a few weeks. A reasonably well made, interesting, historically accurate TV movie.
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A must see. Nicely presented.
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De por si la guerra es emotiva, pero está pelicula traspasa los sentimientos atraves de la pantalla, es muy buena y llorar es garantía
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Plays like a made for TV movie, because it was one. But a damn good one! Escape flick about Jewish concentration camp, with Russian POWs. Suspenseful. Well done.
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Os horrores da humanidade
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Q BUENA PELICULA, LA MEJOR Q HE VISTO DE LA 2DA GUERRA😭😭😭😭(POR FIN UNA DONDE HACEN ALGOOO😡)
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Jesus Christ this movie is powerful. I witnessed it played in a room full of rowdy high schoolers, and the class was soon silent. While some of the accents and details aren’t the most accurate, this film does a phenomenal job of demonstrating the courage and kindess of humans throughout one of the most challenging times in our history.
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Has to be in the running for one of the best made for TV movies ever made?
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i actually learnt something from this
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JJacob 12 月 16, 2025
I’m not rating because it’s (as much as it can be while still trying to be entertaining) true to life and the people shown were figures who actually existed For being something I had to watch for school it was honestly very good. I learned a lot (both because of what the movie showed and what I’m looking into because of it) I think that it’s very funny that the Nazis took such a massive L that they had to…
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Sasha 🤤🤤🤤🤤
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TTomsBlue 12 月 11, 2025
Escape From Sobibor is a film about the 1943 revolt in Sobibor. Made for TV, its cinematography and editing creates a historically accurate realistic tone that keeps the audience grounded in the morally complicated lives of the prisoners. This film depicts each character’s struggles alongside the overarching organization, planning and politics of group resistance. The cinematography emphasizes this by often lingering on faces or using crowded frames to emphasize this group effort. The film asks, how can a person that…
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A film that genuinely made my heart ache at how sorrowful and emotional the acting was. There are very few words in the English language that can adequately describe the sadness on display for this film, especially with how grounded it remained throughout the entire runtime. Each character is compelling from beginning to end and you understand the weight of survival from the first 10 minutes of the film as we see prisoners who tried to escape get shot without…
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Decadas buscando esta pelicula, que me habian dicho q es la mas cruda sobre campos de exterminio y el plan imposible para escapar de ahi. Y la vengo a encontrar en Cuevana. Y era verdad es tremenda, cruda y muy bien contada.
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This needs to be seen.
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NNadav Aviad 12 月 4, 2025
הראו לנו באוטובוס בפולין וואלה שאין לי דירוג אבל אחלה סרט
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Jjordan ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ 12 月 1, 2025
watched this in history class
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Tuve la mala fortuna de haberla visto con un doblaje al español muy malo, y aunque es una película de finales del siglo pasado, evidentemente no planeada para ser un éxito eb Hollywood, sí logran crear este ambiente de pesadilla que fueron los campos de concentración nazis, la angustia de sobrevivir, las pocas opciones, la desgracia de estar a merced de sicópatas, la necesidad de soñar con escapar y la obligación de transformarte hasta en un asesino para escapar. Está basada en hechos reales, en este episodio del mayor escape de un campo de exterminio en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tengan paciencia, vale la pena.
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הראו לנו באוטובוס במסע לפולין וחוץ מזה שהמשחק ממש לא טוב הרבה פעמים זה סרט ממש טוב שמראה סיפור שלא ידעתי עליו לפני אהבתי מאוד והתרגשתי מאוד
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Bon c’est un telefilm avec les ecueils qui vont avec mais à part ça ça ne fait pas l’economie des atrocités qui ont eu lieu et ça ne sombre pas dans le pathos. Surtout on bute des SS et rien que pour ça c’est bien.
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האוטובוס המוצלח בפולין
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such a talented cast that bring this moment in the war to life.
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bit of a random watch for me but it was alright
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SPOILERS: Escape from Sobibor is an extraordinary account of a terrifying story, encompassing both life and death, survival, sorrow, and even love. Starting out with the Jewish death camp workers whose sole job is to “herd” newly arrived prisoners from train cars either into work camps, or directly to their death, while trying to help as many out as they can by telling them to volunteer for any job, even if they don’t have that skill. Their ease in doing…
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גם את זה ראיתי באוטובוס במסע לפולין רק שבניגוד לפסנתרן זה היה קצת יותר טראומתי
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Escape From Sobibor (Blu-Ray) **** (I can’t believe this 1987 made for TV movie actually got remastered and released to Blu-Ray. And in widescreen. This is a great 2.5 hour movie although it is certainly hampered by TV budget and rating. Still, this is a very good re-enactment)
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A film desperate for a higher budget.
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BBingqi 12 月 24, 2019
二战的片总让人掉眼泪
- Synopsis
- The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
- Director
- Jack Gold
- Writer
- Reginald Rose
- Studio
- Zenith Entertainment, Rule/starger, Avala Film, ITV
- Country
- UK, Yugoslavia
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 169 mins
- USA12 Apr 1987
- Greece15 Jul 1987
- Netherlands23 Sep 2011
- Netherlands07 Aug 2006
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