Escape from Sobibor

Escape from Sobibor Poster Country UK Directed by Jack Gold Release Date 1987 Studio Zenith Entertainment CFS Avala Film Distributor Zenith Productions Main Cast Character Actor Leon Feldhendler Alan Arkin Lt. Aleksandr Pechersky Rutger Hauer Luka Joanna Pacula SS-Hauptscharführer Gustav Wagner Hartmut Becker Shlomo Szmajzner Simon Gregor Oberkapo Porchek Linal Haft SS-Oberscharführer Karl Frenzel Kurt Raab

Escape from Sobibor is a British 1987 war drama directed by Jack Gold. The movie depicts the uprising of Jewish prisoners in German extermination camp Sobibor in 1943. The story is based on real events.

The following weapons are seen in the movie Escape from Sobibor:

Pistols

Luger P08

Most German officers and NCOs carry Luger P08 pistols. During the uprising Aleksandr Pechersky (Rutger Hauer) and some other prisoners arm themselves with captured Lugers.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Wolf (Ullrich Haupt) pursues an escaping prisoner with P08 in hand.

Frenzel (Kurt Raab) threatens Pechersky with his P08. In this scene Frenzel's Walther P38 switches to P08 and back again.

Aleksandr Pechersky holds a captured Luger.

Porchek (Linal Haft) examines a captured Luger.

Leon Feldhendler (Alan Arkin) calls for uprising with Luger in hand.

Walther P38

SS-Hauptscharführer Gustav Wagner (Hartmut Becker) is armed with a Walther P38 pistol. In one scene Wagner's pistol switches to Luger P08 and then back to P38. In the final scene Pechersky's, Porchek's and Feldhendler's Lugers also switches to Walthers.

Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm

Wagner kills a woman.

Wagner threatens Shlomo Szmajzner.

Frenzel (Kurt Raab) with P38 in hand.

Pechersky fires a P38. Next to him Shlomo Szmajzner fires a Karabiner 98k.

Bauer (Klaus Grünberg) fires a P38 in the final scene.

Luka (Joanna Pacula) with a P38 in hand.

Porchek (Linal Haft) runs with a P38 in hand.

A P38 is seen near Porchek's body.

Leon Feldhendler (Alan Arkin) fires a P38.

Submachine Guns

MP40

Some German soldiers are armed with MP40 SMGs.

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

A soldier at the left holds an MP40.

Frenzel (Kurt Raab) fires his MP40.

Frenzel (Kurt Raab) fires MP40 at prisoners. Next to him is Bauer (Klaus Grünberg) holding a Walther P38.

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

Most of the German and Ukrainian guards in Sobibor are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles. During the uprising several former prisoners, including Leon Feldhendler (Alan Arkin) and Shlomo Szmajzner (Simon Gregor), arm themselves with rifles taken from the guards.

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Two Ukrainian guards fire their rifles during the attempt of several prisoners to escape.

A Ukrainian guard with a slung 98k rifle. The German NCO at right also has one.

A Ukrainian guard with a slung 98k rifle.

Shlomo Szmajzner fires a rifle during the uprising.

Aleksandr Pechersky fires a rifle in the same scene.

A prisoner fires a rifle in the same scene.

Machine Guns

MG34

MG34 machine guns are used by the guards.

MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser

MG34 is mounted on guard tower.

A close view at the barrel.

MG42

In one scene an MG42 machine gun is used by German soldiers for a mass execution. In the final scene MG42 is mounted on guard tower.

MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser

An MG42 on tripod is readied for a mass execution.

An MG42 on guard tower.

A guard fires MG42 in the final scene.

A close view at the muzzle.