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Summary: The film of historic accurancy.
Review: "Escape from Sobibor" is a grim turn inspirational film about the prisoners who, after careful planning, managed to escape from Sobibor. 300 died during the escape whereas the other 300 managed to live during and after the escape. The actors, especially Alan Arkin, Rutger Hauer, and Hartmut Becker, gave memorable & magnificant performances. Becker was telling & excellent in portraying one of the chief SS men in charge of the camp, sargeant Wagner. The actresses, especially Joanna Pacula, also played with upmost effectiveness & familiarity with the history behind Sobibor. The film is historically as accurate as it can be, with scenes so telling of the torture of the prisoners hated due to dangerous & distorted ideologies. The picture, not as masterful as "Schindler's List", is well done nevertheless with artistry & sophistication. The acting measures up to the acting in "Schindler's List." My only hope is that this video recording is not abridged, for the complete film is two hours & thirty minutes. If the video has the complete version of the film, my recommendation exists very strongly. If the abridged version exist, hesitations should occupy your mind. Ask questions.
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Summary: Has made-for-television feel but still makes an impact
Review: Based on Richard Rashke's account of the only successful organised Jewish uprising against Nazis from within death-camp barbed wire, "Escape from Sobibor" is an admirable effort adapted for film. Despite its often melodramatic made-for-TV overtones (something cliche'd and rather inappropriate for such a weighty and sombering event in human history), the film captures the painful struggles, defiance against the ugliest of tyranny, and ultimate triumph of the Jewish prisoners over their oppressors. Unlike "Schindler's List," which unfortunately represented its Jewish characters in a one-dimensional and consistently passive light, this film presents us with strong, well-developed characters, from numerous backgrounds and levels of experience, who are justifiably angry and rebellious against the Nazis. The characters are well-acted, with all the passion, heart, spirit, and SOUL it undoubtedly must take to play such demanding and emotionally draining role! s. I recommend this movie fully; it will touch viewers with the spirit of sorrow amid triumph, and vice versa. END
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Summary: A Movie Worth Seeing
Review: Excellent movie and superb acting. This movie made us cry but showed us courage and bravery in the midst of German occupation. Hope this thing will never happen again, ever.
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Summary: That is quite a movie
Review: I bought the DVD, and found that it is the "edited" version - a fair amount of footage is missing. This is a great film and well worth seeing, but try to find the full-length version.
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Summary: Escape From Sobibor is the best Holocaust movie I've seen
Review: I found Escape from Sobibor to be better than any other movie I've seen about the Holocaust because it represented the concentration camps victims as strong and rebellious, rather than, as others I've seen do, too passive. The first time I saw this movie I was very young and since then I've seen it over 10 times. I'm in college now and I remember bringing it to show in my history class in the eighth grade, because I liked it so much. The scenes in which several nazi officers are killed in order to make the huge escape possible was well done, and then the escape scene, partly because of the music, was very emotional and passionate and heroic. It's difficult to describe the happiness felt when watching the people escape. And the fact that there were short summaries of what happened to the people after they escaped, I thought, was a good idea, because I often walk away films based on reality wondering what happened later. I strongly recommend that everybody watch it!
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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: 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: Amazing Portrayal of History
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: My Favorite Holocaust Movie
Review: Sobibor was one of the concentration camps that killed Jews during World War II. It was the most secret camp that the nazi party established. "Esacpe from Sobibor" is a touching and very, very sad movie of how the Jews that were being held at Sobibor planned an escape. This movie is my favorite holocaust movie; and there are a lot of them. "Escape from Sobibor" is my favorite Holocaust movie because it is very suspenseful. The Jews make a plan and as the movie develops you gain more of an interest for this movie and what will happen to the Jews. The actors were very good and depicted the Jewish people in Sobibor very well. The concentration camp depicted what it was really like to be at one of the camps during WWII. I will continue to watch this movie over the years. i recommend this film to anybody that is interested in the Holocaust and would like a little drama added to the story. This is my favorite Holocaust movie and you'll probably enjoy this movie. This is a film that's not to be missed. Happy Viewing!
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