I have read the book, but never seen the movie.
Will watch it on your recommendation...:)
I want to thank you for recommending “Escape From Sobibor”.
A remarkable movie. I am a movie buff, and to my detriment, had never seen it.
I did read the book some years ago, but I readily admit that as I get older, I am a more moved by movies because I can no longer read as I once did. And the movie oddly, had more impact on me than the book did, at least in my memory.
My only criticism, and it isn’t really much, is they did not spend the time to make up the actors appear as if they were all emaciated. But that did not distract me from the power of the movie and the story behind it, and did not detract from the movie overall.
For me, the most moving scene was when the 13 condemned men were forced to pick someone out of the formation of prisoners to be executed with them. How they did that, showing the condemned inmate approaching the person they were going to choose to join them in death, and showing the look on the person’s face when they realized they were going to be chosen.
It really choked me up.
And the fact that, in a Hell on Earth, even as that was, love could even exist...
It was interesting also to note the roles of the Kapos and how they dealt with it. I have read many books on the Holocaust experience, and it is true there were good Kapos and bad Kapos. That was well done the way they showed the moral issues some of them grappled with as a way to survive, and even to save others.
Great movie. Thank you.