I know the term: based on a true story , and it does not say anything about the true nature of the story itself .
The real story is that Niemuller was at first an anthousiastic follower of adolf hitler and later on realized that the man was not what he pretended to be .
So niemuller became very critical and that resulted in an arrest and at first he was sent to sachsenhausen and later to dachau where he spent most of his time in the political prison building called the bunker ( cells for one person only ).
By my knowledge there was never an escape , that was nearly impossible .
This movie (minus some cruelty examples ) does not represent the life at the camp at all .
To make a movie about a prisoner at 1940 while he still is there for 5 years to come is beyond me and does not do his story any justice .
The real story is that Niemuller was at first an anthousiastic follower of adolf hitler and later on realized that the man was not what he pretended to be .
So niemuller became very critical and that resulted in an arrest and at first he was sent to sachsenhausen and later to dachau where he spent most of his time in the political prison building called the bunker ( cells for one person only ).
By my knowledge there was never an escape , that was nearly impossible .
This movie (minus some cruelty examples ) does not represent the life at the camp at all .
To make a movie about a prisoner at 1940 while he still is there for 5 years to come is beyond me and does not do his story any justice .