Escape from Sobibor (1987)

Escape from Sobibor (1987)
Director: Jack Gold
Writers: Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt (manuscript "From the Ashes of Sobibor")
Richard Rashke (book)
Release Date: 12 April 1987 (USA)
Genre: Drama - Thriller - War


* 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)


* Plot :


The historical recreation of the escape from the Nazi Death Camp Sobibor, where approximately one-quarter million Jews were executed.


Of approximately 600 prisoners who attempted escaped in October 1943, around 300 succeeded.


However, nearly all were ultimately recaptured; only about 60 people survived Sobibor.