The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
Acting
Rutger Hauer's haunted eyes carry whole scenes without dialogue.
Direction
Gold makes 143 minutes of preparation feel like suffocation.
Production
Shot on actual Polish locations with documentary-level authenticity.
Director
Jack Gold
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
Robert Gwilym
Chaim Engel
Kurt Raab
Oberscharführer Karl Frenzel
Eric P. Caspar
Capt. Franz Reichleitner
Klaus Grünberg
Sgt. Bauer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Survivor Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt consulted on set and appears as an extra; he later wrote that Rutger Hauer privately wept between takes.
This was the first major Western film to depict a successful Jewish revolt in a death camp, released the same year as the more famous but less accurate 'The Delta Force.'
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