Sobibor (film)
Sobibor () is a 2018 Russian war drama film co-written, directed by and starring Konstantin Khabensky. The picture also stars Christopher Lambert and was released on 3 May 2018 in Russia. It was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot. The film is based on the Sobibor revolt which occurred in 1943 in German-occupied Poland. The main character of the movie is the Jewish-Soviet soldier Alexander Pechersky, who was a lieutenant in the Red  Army. In October 1943, he was deported to the Sobibor death camp, where Jews were being exterminated in gas chambers. In just three weeks, Pechersky planned an uprising with prisoners from Poland and other locations around Western Europe. This uprising was partly successful, allowing roughly 300 prisoners to escape, of whom roughly 60 survived the war. Production. Initially the project was titled "Legend of the Escape". In early reports, Andrey Malyukov was credited as director, but at a press conference in September 2017, it was revealed that Khabensky in fact directed the film. Principal photography took place near Vilnius, Lithuania . Release. Samuel Goldwyn Films has secured North American distribution rights. The U.S. release date is April 2, 2019. Response. Box office. "Sobibor" grossed $0 in North America and $5.1 million in other territories, against a production budget of $2.4 million. Inaccuracy. Pechersky was captured by the Germans in October 1941, not in 1943. Sobibor was the site of one of two (not the only) successful uprisings by Jewish "Sonderkommando" prisoners during Operation Reinhard. The revolt at Treblinka extermination camp on 2 August 1943 resulted in up to 100 escapees. There are several inaccuracies with the place and  cause of death of the particular "SS-Totenkopfverbände" members killed in the revolt. Critical reception. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of .