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Summary: Bitter Truth.
Review: Easily the most gruesomely memorable films of arguably the darkest period in contemporary history, this film / mini-series, the latter form which dominated on tv casting in the USA, conjures up one of the truest, most poignant images of man's hatred of his fellow man. Though certainly not as sophisticated in its production values and chimerical emotiveness as Speilberg's Schindler's List, the film is messianic, yet shamelessly brutal in the conceptual truth that it serves to disseminate. Led by a stellar cast (kudos to the casting director), that included Alan Arkin with his repressed rage, and almost simplistic visions of freedom, Rutger Hauer, as the bookkeeper turned Russian POW who epitomises grit and belief, and Joanna Pacula, who radiates a heretofore unprecedented strength of character, the film showcases man's determination against what are easily construed to be fierce odds against survival, much less escape in one of the most feared Death Camps in the Nazi regime. Scenes of poignancy such as the vociferous exchange between Schlomo and Alan Arkin in the barracks wherein the latter explains the true explanation behind the fire in Camp 3, Schlomo's brothers' discovery of the mechanical death factories in Camp 3, and Alan Arkin urging the stoical, almost fatalistic Jews to make good their escape ina frantic turn of events stand out among a host of other images that are vignettes in a drama of epic proportions. Sadly expunged from the American version (and included in the European version) are additional scenes of brutality that bear mute testimony to the ruthless hegemony extended by Ukrainian soldiers, and Jewish kapos toward the hapless Jewish prisoners. Scenes wherein a Jewish prisoner is flogged to death until he can no longer count the lashes in Camp 4 (the hard labour camp), and the massacre of the 13 would-be escapists from the same camp is violently stirring to say the least. In the midst of all this truth, there lies a sliver of hope in the nurturing of the fact there is hope, when we are transported to the commemorative statue and plaque erected (on the outskirs of the camp)in memory of those who died in Sobibor that enunciates in its syncopacious realism, "Never again a reality".
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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: 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: One of The Best Informative Movies on Nazi Death Camps
Review: Having watched this movie in my World History class, over the course of three days, I might not have been able to get the whole story. I believe that I did understand the story and I know that it was true. I rate this movie with 5 stars for it was well made and came across as powerful and informative. It is the kind of movie that one could watch over and over and still not be completely prepared for the horror and sadness of the Nazi's death camps. As I watched, there were points where I was literally on the edge of my seat.
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Summary: Factually accurate; short on sophistication.
Review: Historically accurate account of the Sobibor escape. Presented a compelling story of how one small event- the accidental introduction of Russian soldiers- changed the perspective of the camp Jews. They wanted to rebel, but did not know how; the Russians taught them how. As a made-for-TV movie, it lacked a deep understanding of the period and event, but-because it is pretty straight forward drama- it is more than adequate to meet the needs of a classroom. I am currently using it in my 10th grade history class to teach still another aspect of The Holocaust.
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Summary: Painful, but honest
Review: History dramatized; Neither sugar-coated, nor melodramatic. Too graphic and true to life for young children. Effective teaching tool for high school ages.
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Summary: A horrible ,yet inspiring movie
Review: Horrific, shocking, inspiring, and heartbreaking. This is the true story of a group of Jews (men &women ), their imprisonment and escape from a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. You'll see how they plotted their escape, the torture and shocking deaths of their countrymen, and their brave and triumphant escape from the clutches of the Nazis. It is heart wrenching to view this film, yet at the same time,should inspire anyone to have the courage to stand up to adversities in their lives and fight against them. This one has a variety of horror, suspense, action, adventure, and drama. Don't miss it.
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Summary: Beware - not the full length version
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: a true reminder
Review: I didnot expect much from this movie when i bought it from a second-hand shop,because i thought "the great escape"was the best"escape movie"that i ever saw.But when i saw this movie i felt like i was a whitness to everything that took place in Sobibor.This movie is more dramatic than the "great escape". This is a true reminder of that what happened in nazi death-camps.There were some scenes that i felt ashamed of being a human being.Naked women and childeren waiting for their turn to get in the gas-rooms as they thougt they were going to take shower.I think everybody should watch this movie and never forget that what was happened in nazi camps.
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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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