The film is based on a real story that happened in 1943 in the Sobibor concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. The main character of the movie is the Soviet-Jewish soldier Alexander Pechersky, who at that time was serving in the Red Army as a lieutenant. In October 1943, he was captured by the Nazis and deported to the Sobibor concentration camp, where Jews were being exterminated in gas chambers. But, in just 3 weeks, Alexander was able to plan an international uprising of prisoners from Poland and Western Europe. This uprising resulted in being the only successful one throughout the war, which led to the largest escape of prisoners from a Nazi concentration camp.
Movie tag line: "Based On a True Story That Changed The World"
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Character: Alexander Pechersky
Character: Karl Frenzel
Character: Hanna
Character: Luca
Character: Selma
Character: Leo
Character: Siegfried Greitschus
Character: Johann Neumann
Character: Berg
Character: Gustav Wagner
Character: Shlomo
Character: Arkadiy Vayspapir
Character: Semen Rosenfeld
Character: Bachman
Character: Lejtman
Character: Yakob
Character: Chaim Engel
Character: Joseph
Character: Toivi Blatt
Character: German SS officer
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Character: Boris Tsybulsky
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