- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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4 out of 5
Adapted from the book by Richard Rashke, this is a compelling account of the escape from a Nazi death camp deep in the Polish countryside, undertaken by a cabal of Jewish workers and Soviet soldiers. Over 250,000 people died in the Sobibor gas chambers. In comparative terms, the fact that over 300 prisoners fled from this hellhole may seem slight. But their achievement remains one of the most audacious acts of courage in the entire Second World War. In a superb ensemble cast headed by Rutger Hauer and Joanna Pacula, Alan Arkin is excellent as ringleader Leon Feldhendler. But the key component is Jack Gold's directorial restraint and his film was deservedly rewarded with two Golden Globes.
Plot Summary
Second World War drama, starring Alan Arkin and Rutger Hauer. The true story of the audacious escape from the Nazi death camp at Sobibor, Poland, during October 1943.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Leon Feldhendler
- Alan Arkin
- Sasha
- Rutger Hauer
- Luka
- Joanna Pacula
- Samuel
- Emil Wolk
- Sgt Wagner
- Hartmut Becker
- Itzhak
- Jack Shepherd
- Sgt Frenzel
- Kurt Raab
- Stanislaw "Shlomo" Szmajzner
- Simon Gregor
- Oberkapo Porchek
- Linal Haft
Crew
- Director
- Jack Gold
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