During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had been spared from the ovens, knew that they were on borrowed time and that their only hope was to escape... the only question was how to do it. However, because the Germans would kill an equal number of others whenever a group attempted to escape, the captives knew that if ever an escape was tried, all 600 prisoners in the camp would have to be included... logistically precluding any ideas about tunnels or sneak breakouts. Indeed, to have such a mass escape could only mean that the Ukrainian guards and Germain officers would have to be killed, which many of the Jews felt simply reduced themselves to no better than their captors... thus making it a struggle of conscience. And therein lies the story, with the film being based on a factual account of what then happened at that Sobibor prison.
Released:
Fri, 06/01/2001
Format Aspect Ratio:
4x3-Full Screen
Resolution:
480x720 LowRez
Audio Format:
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels:
2-Channel Stereo
Actors:
Alan Arkin - Leon Feldhendler
Actors:
Joanna Pacula - Luka
Actors:
Rutger Hauer - Alexander Percherski
Actors:
Hartmut Becker - Sergeant Gustav Wagner
Actors:
Jack Shepherd - Itzhak Lichtman
Actors:
Emil Wolk - Samuel
Actors:
Simon Gregor - Stanislaw 'Shlomo' Szmajzner
Actors:
Linda Haft - Kapo Porchek
Actors:
Jason Norman - Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt
Actors:
Robert Gwilym - Chaim Engel
Actors:
Eli Nathenson - Moses Szmajzner
Actors:
Kurt Raab - Sergeant Frenzel
Actors:
Eric P. Casper - Captain Franz Reichleitner
Actors:
Hugo Bower - Sergeant Beckmann
Actors:
Klaus Grunberg - Sergeant Bauer
Actors:
Wolfgang Bathke - Sergeant Hurst
Actors:
Henning Gissel - Sergeant Fallaster
Actors:
Henry Stolow - Lieutenant Niemann
Actors:
Ullrich Haupt - Sergeant Wolf
Actors:
Judith Sharp - Bajle
Actors:
Ellis Van Maarseveen - Selma
Actors:
David Miller - Mundek
Actors:
Jack Chissick - Hershel
Actors:
Ned Vukovic - Morris
Actors:
Sara Sugarman - Naomi
Actors:
Peter Jonfield - Kapo Sturm
Actors:
Dijana Krzanic - Esther Terner
Actors:
Irfan Mensur - Kalimali
Actors:
Zoran Stojiljkovic - Boris
Actors:
Svetolik Nikacevic - Old man
Actors:
Mihailo 'Misa' Janketic - Kapo Berliner
Actors:
Dejan Cavic - Kapo Spitz
Actors:
Predrag Milinkovic - Kapo Jacob
Actors:
Howard K. Smith - Narrator
