Sobibor vs The Pianist

The Pianist has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.6/10 for Sobibor). Sobibor is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 30m. The Pianist is the older of the two (2002 against 2018). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Sobibor posterSobibor2018 VS The Pianist posterThe Pianist2002
SobiborThe Pianist
Audience score★ 6.6/10★ 8.4/10
Year20182002
Length1h 50m2h 30m
GenresDrama, WarDrama, War
Country–France
DirectorKonstantin KhabenskiyRoman Polanski
Main castFelice Jankell, Christopher Lambert, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Michalina Olszańska, Wolfgang CernyThomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Richard Ridings, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman

Synopsis

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…

The Pianist

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

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