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Director:
Writers:
Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt (manuscript "From the Ashes of Sobibor")
Richard Rashke (book)
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Release Date:
12 April 1987 (USA) more
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Plot:
During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in... more | add synopsis
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Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 6 nominations more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bekstvo iz Sobibora (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
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Runtime:
143 min | 120 min (DVD version)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the death shower scene where a large number of naked women were led to the chambers, one of them could be seen keeping her bra and panties on. more
Quotes:
Stanislaw "Shlomo" Szmajzner: I will do anything for revenge, even if I have to die for it.
Leon Feldhendler: How old are you?
Stanislaw "Shlomo" Szmajzner: How old do you have to be?
Leon Feldhendler: You are old enough.
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Referenced in The Pianist (2002) more

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15 out of 18 people found the following review useful.
Schindler's List SURPASSED!, 26 August 2000
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Author: Christian Edinger from Copenhagen, Denmark

This is one of the most terrifying accounts of the atrocities which took place during World War II. In terms of realism it far surpasses Schindler's List, to the extent that it's quite frankly hard to sit through. But the sheer realism is also what makes it such an important piece of filmmaking. Certainly, Escape from Sobibor has coursed some reflection on my part.

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