Grave of the Fireflies vs Sobibor
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.6/10 for Sobibor). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 50m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2018). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
Sobibor| Grave of the Fireflies | Sobibor | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Isao Takahata | Konstantin Khabenskiy |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | Felice Jankell, Christopher Lambert, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Michalina Olszańska, Wolfgang Cerny |
Synopsis
Grave of the Fireflies
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
Sobibor
The film is based on a real story that happened in 1943 in the Sobibor concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. The main character of the movie is the Soviet-Jewish soldier Alexander Pechersky, who at that time was serving in the Red Army as a lieutenant. In October 1943, he was captured by the Nazis and deported to the Sobibor concentration camp, where Jews were being exterminated in gas chambers. But, in just 3 weeks, Alexander was able…
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