Sobibor
Russian Film Week Release Date:
Thursday 29th November 2018
Suitable for 15 years and over
1 hour 50 minutes approx.
Released
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Starring:
Konstantin Khabenskiy, Christopher Lambert, Mariya Kozhevnikova, Michalina Olszanska, Philippe Reinhardt and Maximilian Dirr
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Directed By:
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Written By:
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Produced By:
Elmira Aynulova, Sergei Bespalov, Gleb Fetisov, Anton Neichel, Ilya Vasiliev and Mariya Zhuromskaya
Synopsis
"Sobibor" is based on the history of the Sobibór extermination camp uprising during WWII and Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky. When he was a POW in Sobibor, he managed to do the impossible - to organize a revolt and mass escape of the prisoners. Many of the escapees were later caught and died - the rest led by Pechersky managed to join the partisans. Script based on the book by Ilya Vasiliev: "Alexander Pechersky: Breakthrough to Immortality.