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The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.


The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.

Alan Arkin
Leon Feldhendler

Joanna Pacula
Luka

Rutger Hauer
Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky

Hartmut Becker
Hauptscharführer Gustav Wagner

Jack Shepherd
Itzhak Lichtman

Emil Wolk
Samuel

Simon Gregor
Shlomo

Linal Haft
Oberkapo Porchek
Jason Norman
Toivi Blatt

Robert Gwilym
Chaim Engel
Escape from Sobibor is a drama, thriller, war, tv movie film released in 1987 exploring themes of concentration camp, world war ii, brutality, poland, smoke, mine field. Directed by Jack Gold, it stars Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula, Rutger Hauer. The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
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