site.btaHistoric Film "The World Will Tremble" on First Nazi Concentration Camp to Premiere at Sofia Film Festival

The upcoming film The World Will Tremble, shot in Bulgaria, tells the story of the world’s first Nazi concentration camp. The film is a joint production between Bulgaria, the UK, Israel, and the United States, starring actors like Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jeremy Newmark-Jones, the film's creative team said. The gala premiere will take place on March 22 at the Lumiere Cinema, as part of the Sofia Film Festival.

The film will be screened in cinemas both in Bulgaria and internationally, marking one of the rare instances when a Bulgarian production is shown in cinemas across the Atlantic, according to the production team.

The film is produced by Philip Roth, a veteran producer and director with over 35 years of experience in cinema and television. He is the founder and managing director of UFO Studios, Bulgaria’s first private film studio.

Israeli director and screenwriter Lior Geller presents a film based on the true story of two Jewish prisoners who escaped from the first Nazi camp in Chelmno, Poland. In January 1942, Solomon Weiner and Michał Podchlebnik made the unimaginable escape from the camp, where they had been imprisoned with their families. The escapees became the first witnesses of the Holocaust, revealing to the world the horrors taking place. The World Will Tremble is the result of ten years of historical research led by Geller, driven by untold facts.

The film is distinguished by its exceptional accuracy and attention to historical details, thanks to collaboration with the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Yad Vashem, and consultations with leading experts.

Geller traveled to Yad Vashem and then to Poland to access archives held there. With the help of Dr. Na'ama Shik from Yad Vashem, who served as a consultant for the film, he was able to piece together the incredible story of the two prisoners’ escape from the first secret Nazi camp. Dr. Shik believes this film will become "the most important, most viewed, and most studied film about the Holocaust."

Geller emphasized that the team from Bulgaria, Israel, and the UK worked to ensure the utmost accuracy, using verified historical facts. His main creative goal is to ensure the story is not forgotten, so that it is never experienced again.