Movie
Escape from Sobibor
Overview
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-04-12
- Runtime
- 169 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, War, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Zenith Entertainment, Rule/starger, Avala Film, ITV
- Country
- United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alan Arkin as Leon Feldhendler
- Joanna Pacula as Luka
- Rutger Hauer as Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky
- Hartmut Becker as Hauptscharführer Gustav Wagner
- Jack Shepherd as Itzhak Lichtman
- Emil Wolk as Samuel
- Simon Gregor as Shlomo
- Linal Haft as Oberkapo Porchek
- Jason Norman as Toivi Blatt
- Robert Gwilym as Chaim Engel
- Eli Nathenson as Moses Szmajzner
- Kurt Raab as Oberscharführer Karl Frenzel
Crew
- Jack Gold - Director
- Reginald Rose - Screenplay
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