Sobibor (film)

Sobibor
Directed by Konstantin Khabensky
Produced by
  • Elmira Aynulova
  • Nataliya Doroshkevich
  • Kestutis Drazdauskas
  • Mariya Zhuromskaya
Screenplay by
Starring
Music by Kuzma Bodrov
Cinematography Ramunas Greicius
Production
company
Cinema Production[1]
Fetisov Illusion
Distributed by Karoprokat[2]
Release date
  • May 3, 2018 (2018-05-03) (Russia)
[3]
Country Russia
Language Russian, German, Polish, Yiddish
Budget $2.4 million[4]
Box office $5 million[5]

Sobibor (Russian: Собибор) is a 2018 Russian war drama film directed by and starring Konstantin Khabensky.[6][7][8] The picture also stars Christopher Lambert and was released on 3 May, 2018 in Russia.[3] It was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.[9]

Plot

The story is about a Soviet-Jewish soldier, Alexander Pechersky born in southern Russia, who went on to become a hero in the fight against Nazism. In October 1943, Sobibor camp inmates led by the Red Army lieutenant Alexander Pechersky staged an uprising.

Cast

Production

Initially the project was titled "Legend of the Escape".[10] In early reports, Andrey Malyukov was credited as director,[11] but at a press conference in September 2017, it was revealed that Khabensky in fact directed the film.[12]

Principal photography took place near Vilnius, Lithuania.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sobibor". Cinema Production.
  2. ↑ "Хабенский и Ламберт приступили к съемкам в фильме о восстании в лагере смерти Собибор" (in Russian). Russian News Agency TASS.
  3. 1 2 Denis Korsakov. "10 российских фильмов 2018 года: Козловский уходит в тренеры, а Хабенский рассказывает о восстании в концлагере" (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  4. ↑ "СОБИБОР". KinoBusiness.
  5. ↑ "Sobibor (2018)". The Numbers. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Escape from a Nazi death camp: Film on Soviet prisoner-led revolt in Sobibor to premiere in April". RT.
  7. ↑ "Константин Хабенский стал режиссером фильма "Собибор"" (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
  8. ↑ "Константин Хабенский дебютировал в роли режиссера" (in Russian). OK!.
  9. ↑ Kozlov, Vladimir (10 September 2018). "Oscars: Russia Selects 'Sobibor' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Фильм "Легенда о побеге" с Хабенским и Ламбертом выйдет в прокат весной" (in Russian). RIA Novosti.
  11. ↑ "В Литве начались съемки "Легенды о побеге" с Хабенским и Ламбертом" (in Russian). RIA Novosti.
  12. ↑ "Картина о побеге из концлагеря "Собибор" стала режиссерским дебютом Константина Хабенского" (in Russian). TASS.
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