Escape from Sobibor

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Summary: Simply put, every human being should see this film.
Review: I had the extraordinary privilege of seeing this film, when it first aired on CBS, with two of the survivors/"conspirators" portrayed therein: Stanislaw "Shlomo" Szmazjner (?sp) and Thomas "Toivi" Blatt -- himself an author of two books on Sobibor. To say that it was moving would be a huge understatement. Seeing the portrayal of their victory and revenge against the Nazis, accompanied by two other manifestations of their revenge in the persons of Tom's daughter and Stanislaw's son, was an experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life. Any human with a heart will find this historically accurate film at first horrifying, then spellbinding, and in the end incredibly uplifting. You will, in all likelihood, stand and cheer right there in your living room. A "must see" -- which is praise I do not give easily. Buy this film! You will not be sorry.

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Summary: Surprisingly good movie
Review: I have bought this one a year ago and didn't watch it till now. It was a big surprise as I didn't expect souch a touching movie to come out. HIGHLY RECOMENDED

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Summary: Amazing Portrayal of History
Review: I have visited Nazi death camps in Poland. I found the information presented there to be dry and dull. But when I first saw Escape from Sobibor at a relatives house, I was intrigued, because I could actually see the information through the amazing acting of Alan Arkin. I was impressed how they were able to create a gripping story that appeals to all senses, yet still be able to follow the truth so closely. The emotions I felt while watching this movie was unbelievable, whereas the death camps I was bored and uninterested because I couldn't visualize the information. This movie is great for anyone, whether you are a history buff, like gory scenes, or anything. I would definitely reccomend this movie to anyone who asked me about it.

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Summary: excellent. I have seen the European Version
Review: I loved the American Version of Escape From Sobibor, but when I was in Greece I decided to rent this movie there. The European verson ran 140 minutes and had additional scenes. Has anyone seen this other version? Additonal scenes include more scenes of the fire burning, a man getting whipped on a log to death (this happened during the escape with 13 people into the woods who were choping) and a scene with Moses' brother making love to a woman. I have seen this version and am not fibbing.

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Summary: A must see for anyone interested in Holocaust History.
Review: I stumbled across this movie one weekend on A&E. I was immediately hooked and couldn't believe it was a true story! This is a very powerful and wonderful movie. I highly recommend this to teachers for classroom viewing.

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Summary: Great Movie- Bad DVD
Review: I thought this film was wonderful depiction of life in a death camp. Its not a beutifully coreographed movie like the "Pianist", but it really graphic and its very dark and depressing. I like how they recreated the camp, it looks so real. I wish the DVD was better, there was nothing on it at all. Nothing about how they made it and interveiws. The scene selection was poorly made. But just over look those things, and you will enjoy this film.

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Summary: Great Movie- Bad DVD
Review: I thought this film was wonderful depiction of life in a death camp. Its not a beutifully coreographed movie like the "Pianist", but it really graphic and its very dark and depressing. I like how they recreated the camp, it looks so real. I wish the DVD was better, there was nothing on it at all. Nothing about how they made it and interveiws. The scene selection was poorly made. But just over look those things, and you will enjoy this film.

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Summary: A moment of clarity in history's darkest hour!
Review: I'm very glad this amazing piece of work is finally on dvd. Scape of subibor focus in the only successful concentartion camp uprising of WWII and the holocaust. Functioning as one of the three (sobibor, belzec and treblinka) Operation Rainhard extermination camps during the first half of the war, the camp's main responsability was to eliminate as many "non-desireble" people as possible and was one of the first camps that incorporated the infamous gas chambers as a method of systematic dispousal.I won't review the movie because it's a must see for anyone interested in the horrifying event that ended the life of more that eleven million individuals (more than 6 1/2 million jews, 50,000 Romas (gypsies), 1 million mentally ill and over 3 million other non desireble persons and POWs) sadly about this film, is that for someone that's not familiar with the brutal events of the holocaust, won't find this film shocking, even though it's very powerful. There's no inside look on the atrocities that took place at sobibor and the insightful view of the place where more than 250,000 people were muedered; is pretty overlooked...I believe it's probably the fact that not even the prisioner knew exactly what was going or where was all the people that was send to the showers on the minute they arrived. The story of survival will depress you and the execution escene where the SS Komandant order 13 prisioners that tryed to scape to choose a person each to be executed with then, is simply, on of the heart breaking moments on modern cinema. The movie ends with chaos. this is a real life event and a great lesson of courage and redemption.

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Summary: well-acted and engrossing portrayal of an amazing event
Review: I, too, stumbled upon this movie (on the history channel) and while I had no intention of spending hours in front of the t.v. at the time, I could not tear myself away. This is an amazing story-often disturbing but ultimately uplifting. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: the vicious truth
Review: If it is drama your after look no further, this has it. If you can take away the price the film was made with you will see a movie that will both shock and amaze you. This true story is a very good account of what happened at sobibor, which was amazingly overshadowed by Auschwitz and Treblinker. The acting performances are very good especially Hauer-Alda.

IF you appreciate excellent movie making and great story telling do yourself a favour. WATCH THIS!!