Judging by his holocaust POW camp musical number, this film would be really fucking funny.
Is this the "Concentration Camp RomCom?" Because the public is just dying to see that one.
There are a few things in Russell's script (not in the real Sobibor movie made prior) that shows some rudimentary writing skills and knowledge of how Hollywood would adapt a true story.
-The last we see Chaim and Selma, they're happily playing with their newborn son. Russ doesn't mention that in real life, their infant son died on the boat to France and the body had to be buried at sea. But that would be a bummer, so Russ doesn't directly lie, he just omits that detail to imply they and their son lived happily ever after, just like a Hollywood "based on a true story" movie.
-Last we see Toivi during the Holocaust, he gets shot in the face by a Nazi, leading the audience to believe he died, but then, in a twist, it turns out he survived the gunshot to become Thomas "Toivi" Blatt in 2003, which I imagine would be a relief and unexpected twist to first time viewers.
-He draws on the real life fact that main character Chaim Engel died on the 4th of July to draw a parallel with the Prisoner's rebellion and search for freedom, freedom which Chaim finally found in America.
People like Mr. Greer always self insert themselves into their works of fiction.
I've said it before that October's Uprising is Russ's tribute to the survivors and the one thing he DIDN'T make all about himself! Though he calls every picture of Hitler he's sent a "death threat" as Hitler killed disabled people, his holocaust script never mentions disabled people, or whorehouses, or Taylor Swift!
Shame the rest of the script is terrible.