Has anyone seen Escape from Sobibor?

Sobibor was a German Death Camp set for The Holocaust.

Anyone seen it?

 

Yes I have it at home, it's okay, a bit seventiesh with people in "good" shape for being in death camp. Nothing compared to the Schindler List.

 

Yes Skipper, but a fair introduction for those not of the ww2 appreciation society like ourselves.

We know it should be in your face, but this is a gentle introduction for those who quite frankly in these days dont know an awful lot about what happened.

Did I say gently...I would like it if everyone had it pushed into their faces but I suppose this movie serves a purpose too...Even had dancing....

 

I remember this being on TV many years ago - I think Rutger Hauer was in it ?

I seem to remember that it was OK for a made-for-TV production, and there was one quite shocking scene of inmates queuing for the gas chamber which made the horror of the situation very clear.

 

I saw it a very long time ago. Can't quite remember the quality of the movie but I remember the plot, some of the actors and that it was an OK made for TV movie.

 

correct, here are a few pics for those who don't remember

 

Yes, a long time ago.

Steve W.

 

actually not so long, after a further check I found out is was 1987, It looks like it was from the 70s , but it's "only" 21 years old

 

I for one liked it. Mild, made for TV, absolutely.

I think it was meant to portrayed the early days of the Labor/Concentration camps, before they became streamline killing machines. I've never researched this area so I can't say just how realistic the film is.

 

well I don't think too many Russian pows looked like healthy Hauer, especially as they were being starved and suffered ill treatment, if not killed.

 

Picked it up for a $1 at a local DollarTree store. I liked it.

 

As a ww2 film it is not to bad .. Krieg

 

Yes, for that price it's certainly worth to buy it and see it. I got it for free from a relative

 

Two parter as I remember, not bad, but how correct it was historically I forget as it was many moons ago and only saw it once.

 

well since i have the DVD , I guess I'll watch it again some time.

 

Just saw this

DVD Times - Escape from Sobibor

 

I've got a copy of this movie and also share you Gents views of the movie. I got mine at Best Buy for $5 bucks.

If you want movies (and or mini-series) that have much realism in them including sickly-looking actors--try to watch KAPO-if shown in TCM and also watch the Concentration scenes in the TV mini-series: The Winds of War-and it's sequal-War and Remembrance. The way that those scenes were portrayed is absolutly shocking-and especially for having been done in the 1980s as something shown on TV. The execution scenes are VERY disturbing and im surprised that they were allowed to be shown on broadcast television.

One Jewish actor whom I have always enjoyed whatever movies he was in-was also one of the main actors in those mini-series. The actor im talking of is (Chiam SP?) Topol-better known as Topol. He and Sir John Gielgud, gave Richard Basehartesque Brilliant performances.

 

Hi;
You can Watch "Escape From Sobribor" here; YouTube - Escape from Sobibor 1/13 (1987)

Good enough flick even though the inmates acted more like people stuck at a crummy job rather than Death Camp inmates-but maybe I was reading too much into the Judd Hirsh charactor. The part that sticks with me is at the end when the escapees are running through the forest and the camera freeze frames them and tells of their fates...great cinematography?
JeffinMNUSA