Escape from Sobibor (1987) (TV)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Jack Gold

Writers:

Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt (manuscript "From the Ashes of Sobibor")
Richard Rashke (book)
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Release Date:

12 April 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | War

Plot:

During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in...

Plot Keywords:

Escape | Nazi | Jew | Poland | German

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Alan Arkin	...	Leon Feldhendler
Joanna Pacula	...	Luka
Rutger Hauer	...	Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky
Hartmut Becker	...	Sgt. 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 Nathenson	...	Moses Szmajzner
Kurt Raab	...	Sgt. Frenzel
Eric P. Caspar	...	Capt. Franz Reichleitner
Hugo Bower	...	Sgt. Beckmann
Klaus Grünberg	...	Sgt. Bauer (as Klaus Grunberg)
Wolfgang Bathke	...	Sgt. Hurst
Henning Gissel	...	Sgt. Fallaster
Henry Stolow	...	Lt. Niemann
Ullrich Haupt	...	Sgt. Wolf
Patti Love	...	Eda
Judith Sharp	...	Bajle
Ellis Van Maarseveen	...	Selma Wijnberg
David Miller	...	Mundek
Jack Chissick	...	Hershel
Ned Vukovic	...	Morris
Sara Sugarman	...	Naomi
Peter Jonfield	...	Kapo Sturm
Dijana Krzanic	...	Esther Terner
Irfan Mensur	...	Kalimali
Zoran Stojiljkovic	...	Boris
Svetolik Nikacevic	...	Old Man
Mihailo 'Misa' Janketic	...	Kapo Berliner (as Misa Janketic)
Dejan Cavic	...	Kapo Spitz
Zlatan Fazlagic	...	Weiss
Predrag Milinkovic	...	Kapo Jacob
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Howard K. Smith	...	Narrator (voice)

Directed by
Jack Gold

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt		manuscript "From the Ashes of Sobibor" (as Thomas Blatt)
Richard Rashke		book
Reginald Rose		teleplay
Stanislaw 'Shlomo' Szmajzner		book "Inferno in Sobibor" (as Stanislaw Szmajzner)

Produced by
Howard P. Alston	....	co-producer (as Howard Alston)
Dennis E. Doty	....	producer
James Easter	....	associate producer (as James Eastep)
Martin Starger	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Georges Delerue

Cinematography by
Ernest Vincze

Film Editing by
Keith Palmer

Casting by
Priscilla John

Production Design by
Allan Starski

Art Direction by
Vlastimir Gavrik

Set Decoration by
Vlastimir Gavrik

Costume Design by
Doreen Watkinson

Makeup Department
Radmila Todorovic	....	makeup artist (as Radmila Ivatovic)

Production Management
Dragoljub Popovic	....	production manager
Mihajlo Rasic	....	unit manager (as Mihaljo Rasic)
Clive Reed	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Milan Lugomirski	....	first assistant director
Mladen Maticevic	....	assistant director: Yugoslavia

Art Department
Milorad Kalanj	....	property buyer
Zivan Vlajic	....	property master

Sound Department
Keith Batten	....	boom operator
Markus Braack	....	assistant sound recordist
Gerry Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Simmons	....	sound mixer
Ralph Thiekötter	....	adr recordist: Germany

Special Effects by
Zoran Djordjevic	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Tony Willis	....	effects cameraman (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Gerard Donnelly	....	gaffer
John Maskall	....	camera operator
Nick Pearson	....	key grip
Martin Testar	....	focus puller
Dobrivoje Zivotic	....	gaffer

Other crew
Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt	....	supervising technical consultant (as Thomas Blatt)
Debbie Carter	....	production coordinator
Cheryl Leigh	....	continuity
Zivan Manojlovic	....	armorer
Roberta Rose	....	production representative
Stanislaw 'Shlomo' Szmajzner	....	supervising technical consultant (as Stanislaw Szmajzner)
Esther Terner-Raab	....	technical consultant - survivor
Ned Vukovic	....	dialogue director

Production Companies

• Zenith Entertainment

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1987) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Atlantic Film (2002) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Avid Home Entertainment (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• BCI Eclipse (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2003) (UK) (TV) (BBC1)
• Diamond Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Direct Source (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Live Home Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Madacy Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Platinum Disc (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Platinum Disc (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Reel Media International (2004) (USA) (video)
• Reel Media International (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Talpa (2006) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Tien (2007) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Unicorn Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Westlake Entertainment Group (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Woodhaven Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)

Runtime:

143 min | 120 min (DVD version)

Country:

UK | Yugoslavia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Avala, Yugoslavia

Company:

Zenith Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: The head SS-Sergeant is referred to as a "Hauptscharführer," however he wears the insignia of a "Sturmscharführer" which is one rank higher.

Quotes:

Sgt. Gustav Wagner: This morning, two prisoners escaped from North Camp. Thirteen other prisoners, no doubt inspired by their idiotic example, also tried to escape. If any of you would like to cheer, go right ahead. There will be no more escape attempts in this camp. I'll repeat that. THERE WILL BE NO MORE ESCAPE ATTEMPTS IN THIS CAMP!!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Pianist (2002)

Exciting is the word...

..for this somehow little known WW2 movie.If you liked "The Great Escape" or "Schindler`s List" for ex.,you`ll love this movie.It`s just as realistic and well played as those two.Production is high and the setting is very...yes,realistic.There are several gruesome execution scenes in this movie and it will make you hate the Nazis to the bone.What sick people!! I almost covered my eyes several times,but a movie like this is very important information of what happened in the death camps. Arkin,Hauer and Joanne Pacula are all great in this terrific WW2 escape movie.If this movie had been an theatrical release and not a TV miniseries,it would have won several Oscars,no doubt.Watch it!(if you can find it).

Rating 9/10