''Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.'' () is a 2001 French

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

directed by

Claude Lanzmann Claude Lanzmann (; 27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French filmmaker, best known for the Holocaust documentary film ''Shoah'' (1985), which consists of nine and a half hours of oral testimony from Holocaust survivors, without historical f ...

. It was screened out of competition at the

2001 Cannes Film Festival The 54th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was named Jury President for the main competition. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti won the ''Palme d'Or'' for the drama film '' The Son's ...

. The title and date refer to the

Sobibor revolt The Sobibor uprising was a revolt of about 600 prisoners that occurred on 14 October 1943, during World War II and the The Holocaust, Holocaust at the Sobibor extermination camp in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied Poland. It was the ...

, one of only two successful

uprisings Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...

at German extermination camps during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

(the other being at

Treblinka Treblinka () was the second-deadliest extermination camp to be built and operated by Nazi Germany in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied Poland during World War II. It was in a forest north-east of Warsaw, south of the Treblinka, ...

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* 2001 films 2000s French-language films Hebrew-language films French documentary films Films directed by Claude Lanzmann Documentary films about the Holocaust Sobibor extermination camp 2001 documentary films Films about Jewish resistance during the Holocaust 2000s French films {{hist-documentary-film-stub

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