Escape from Sobibor (1987 TV Movie)
Alan Arkin: Leon Feldhendler
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Quotes
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Lt. "Sasha" Pechersky : Listen to me! Our day has come! Most of the SS are dead! It's everyone for himself now!
Leon Feldhendler : Those of you who survive, bear witness! Let the world know what has happened here! God is with you! Now let nothing stop you!
[escape begins]
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Stanislaw "Shlomo" Szmajzner : I will do anything for revenge, even if I have to die for it.
Leon Feldhendler : How old are you?
Stanislaw "Shlomo" Szmajzner : How old do you have to be?
Leon Feldhendler : You are old enough.
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Leon Feldhendler : When you saw your wife and child at the train station last, who were they with?
Itzhak Lichtman : They were with all the other women and children, going to the shower.
Leon Feldhendler : Are you sure?
Itzhak Lichtman : Yes.
[Leon remains silent for a long moment]
Itzhak Lichtman : What is it?
Leon Feldhendler : Itzhak, listen to me. This is a death camp. Every day a train comes. All the people, everyone who goes to the showers, is dead. Men, women, children, everyone.
Itzhak Lichtman : Oh, god!
[breaks down]
Itzhak Lichtman : Oh, no!
Leon Feldhendler : Itzhak, the fire...
[indicates a fire in the distance]
Leon Feldhendler : The fire is their funeral.
Itzhak Lichtman : Oh, god!
[weeping]
Itzhak Lichtman : They were my life!
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Leon Feldhendler : Did you know that tomorrow is the beginning of Sukkot?
Lt. "Sasha" Pechersky : Yes. 'Tis a Holy Day.
Leon Feldhendler : I forgot. And my father was a rabbi.
Lt. "Sasha" Pechersky : They kill on Holy Days. Why not the other way around? God will forgive.
Leon Feldhendler : There are those here who are wondering if we can forgive God.
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Luka : Look at the moon, Sasha.
Leon Feldhendler : Look at the board, Sasha.
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Samuel : We talk about escape all the time and we do nothing. Maybe it's true. Maybe there is no chance.
Leon Feldhendler : No. I still think there is a way. Just not like this. There has to be organization. There has to be patience and some new people who's spirits have not yet been broken.
Samuel : Yes. I want a chance to escape. To be free or at least a chance to die trying.
Leon Feldhendler : Better to escape and live. That would be real revenge.