Today’s movie is a drama with a scene that happens on
October 14. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
ESCAPE FROM SOBIBOR
At Sobibor concentration camp a
trainload of Jews arrives. After selecting a few skilled workers from the
crowd, the Nazis gas the rest. One woman tries to hide her baby, but a guard
finds it and kills both of them. An escape attempt by a work party results in
the execution of all of them and an equal number of other prisoners. A group of
prisoners start plotting the escape of all 600 prisoners as they know any left
behind will be subject to reprisals. A group of Jewish Soviet POWs arrive in
the camp. Together they plan to kill the 16 SS guards so the remaining
Ukrainian guards will be leaderless. They get rid of a collaborationist Kapo
and start making knives. The Commandant leaves on a trip. On October 14, 1943
the prisoners start killing the SS guards one by one and get some weapons. They
assemble as usual, then storm the wire and the gate. Over 300 people manage to escape the camp. [1:40:26 to 2:20:13]
An exciting film. Shows the ‘survivor guilt” of those who
weren’t gassed by the Nazis. Keeps the suspense up until the end.
The film at 2:20:15-17 and The Holocaust Chronicles,
ed. by David J. Hogan (Legacy, Lincolnwood, Ill, 2007) at pages 488-489 give the
date of the breakout
Producer - Dennis E. Doty
Director - Jack Gold
Screenplay - Thomas Blatt, Richard Rashke, Reginald Rose and
Stanislaw Szmajzner
Awards - The film was nominated
for the Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special; Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries
or a Special; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special (Arkin);
Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special and Outstanding Writing
in a Miniseries or a Special Emmys at the 39th Emmy Primetime Emmy
Awards
Running Time - 2
hours 23 minutes
Released - April 12, 1987
Starring -
Alan Arkin as Leon Feldhendler
Joanna Pacula as Luka
Rutger Hauer as Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014
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