As a common theme, the existence of World War II has nurtured many creators in a certain sense, especially for creators in the film and television industry, World War II is definitely a treasure trove of creation. Countless film and television practitioners have spontaneously succeeded by choosing the theme of World War II, so it is needless to say that the theme of World War II has a lot of significance for a director. As a branch of the World War II theme, there are countless films in which Jews and World War II are combined. However, although these films are superior in quantity, they have always been close to homogenization in quality. Most World War II films related to Jews themselves only depict the persecution of Jews, but there is no further excavation. This is a pity.
However, the film recommended to you today breaks the tradition in a certain sense, although this film belongs to the theme of World War II, although it is also a Jewish story, but this film is different from the general story, while portraying the cruel tragedy, this film creatively gives the Jewish spirit of resistance. This spirit is exactly what many film and television works of the same type do not have, so this film looks so unique.
"Escape from Sobibor" is the movie recommended to you today. This is a story about Jews in a concentration camp called Sobibor during World War II, the story of the concentration camp called Sobibor, the story of the past Jews passive acceptance of the character characteristics, instead of a sense of resistance to promote more Jewish awakening. The Nazis were abhorrent, but in the face of this situation, the Jews should not only have their own sad feelings, but also need to stand up against this rule. Otherwise, no amount of commemoration will make sense.
Escape from Sobibor was based on the historical facts of the time. Like other concentration camps during World War II, Sobibor's purpose was simple and straightforward: to brutally deceive and massacre Jews. Some people say that deception should be described by the term cruelty? Imagine being held in a legal name to a prison and then lured you into a gas chamber in a reasonable or regular way. Until the last moment of your life, you still feel that this is just a normal bath or disinfection behavior and so on. This kind of behavior that makes people die without knowing that they have been slaughtered is indeed worthy of scorn.
However, in Escape from Sobibor, we see not only the cruelty of scene after scene, but also the resistance of one scene after another. Although the road to resistance was long for the Jews of the time, and it seemed impractical to seize weapons to fight, they did not settle for the status quo. After uniting most of the people, a plan was born, and that was to escape. Getting out of a heavily guarded place was in itself an extremely difficult task, but for these Jews it was clearly not so intimidating that they would not be deterred from surviving.
The preciousness of survival and the cruelty of reality have strengthened the survival consciousness of these people in a certain sense. Thus, the plan to escape Sobibor was born. The film focuses on the beginning and end of this plan, and finally uses a successful gesture to perfectly preserve these spirits that have suffered but dare to fight and resist. Although the casualties of this escape are huge, for those who dared to fight and survive, the Jews have more material for World War II, and after that, they are no longer lambs to be slaughtered, no longer a ragtag crowd, at least in this story, the Jews can also stand up.
Do not underestimate this special case, because it is precisely because of this special case that the role of the Jews in World War II has a certain spirit. Too many films we've seen in the past depicting Jews in World War II have a distinctive feature, which is the cowardice of the Jews and the cruelty of the Nazis. These two entry points are very clever, and the creator can easily touch the audience's viewing nerves through these two entry points. No matter how bad your film is, as long as you extend it through these two points, it will naturally make the audience give you extra points emotionally.
It is precisely because many creators understand this logic that too many homogeneous stories of the films we see about Jews begin to flood. Regardless of the genre, the story may vary, but the ultimate thrust must be the struggle between the Jewish sheep and the nazi wolf. And it must have been the little sheep who were eventually rescued, the big wolf who was killed by the arriving Allies, and so on. Such a story plot is not to say that there can be no, but that it cannot be turned over. Many times, we have no ill will toward such a story per se, but when it began to proliferate, it was too thin to use these stories to describe the Jews of World War II. And when too much demand for the sympathy of the audience, it will also make many viewers resist it. There is too much sensationalism, and it is inevitable that people will be dissatisfied.
At this time, you can see the preciousness of this film, although it is also the same type of subject, although it is also shouldering the burden of blood and tears. But the story chosen by the film's creators does not shift much of its attention to the tragic fate of the Jews, but instead features the prominent spirit of resistance of the Jews. Although their rebellion depended on the leadership of a Polish soldier, it was indeed a change of image for the Jews. In this regard, the significance of this film is extraordinary.
A good World War II film will definitely trigger a wave of reflection from the audience, but after more reflection, it will inevitably make the audience fall into a kind of deadlock, what is the purpose of reflection? If it's just about gaining sympathy, what's the point of reflection? Obviously, this is the World War II movie that the Jews like.
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