“Based On a True Story That Changed The World”
Overview
The film is based on a real story that happened in 1943 in the Sobibor concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. The main character of the movie is the Soviet-Jewish soldier Alexander Pechersky, who at that time was serving in the Red Army as a lieutenant. In October 1943, he was captured by the Nazis and deported to the Sobibor concentration camp, where Jews were being exterminated in gas chambers. But, in just 3 weeks, Alexander was able to plan an international uprising of prisoners from Poland and Western Europe. This uprising resulted in being the only successful one throughout the war, which led to the largest escape of prisoners from a Nazi concentration camp.
Directed by Konstantin Khabenskiy
Written by Alexander Adabashyan
Produced by Gleb Fetisov, Elmira Aynulova, Sergey Bespalov
Box Office0Revenue: $5.0M
About Sobibor
Sobibor is a war, drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of concentration camp, world war ii, concentration camp prisoner, based on true story, escape attempt, concentration camp escape. Directed by Konstantin Khabenskiy, it stars Konstantin Khabenskiy, Christopher Lambert, Michalina Olszańska. The film is based on a real story that happened in 1943 in the Sobibor concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. The main character of the movie is the Soviet-Jewish soldier Alexander Pechersky, who at that time was serving in the Red Army as a lieutenant. In October 1943, he was captured by the Nazis and deported to the Sobibor concentration camp, where Jews were being exterminated in gas chambers. But, in just 3 weeks, Alexander was able to plan an international uprising of prisoners from Poland and Western Europe. This uprising resulted in being the only successful one throughout the war, which led to the largest escape of prisoners from a Nazi concentration camp.