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Schindler's List

- Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

Release Date : 1993-12-15

Language :GermanPolishHebrewEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Amblin Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Schindlers List

Cast

Liam Neeson

Character Name : Oskar Schindler

Original Name : Liam Neeson

Gender : Male

Ben Kingsley

Character Name : Itzhak Stern

Original Name : Ben Kingsley

Gender : Male

Ralph Fiennes

Character Name : Amon Goeth

Original Name : Ralph Fiennes

Gender : Male

Caroline Goodall

Character Name : Emilie Schindler

Original Name : Caroline Goodall

Gender : Female

Jonathan Sagall

Character Name : Poldek Pfefferberg

Original Name : Jonathan Sagall

Gender : Male

Embeth Davidtz

Character Name : Helen Hirsch

Original Name : Embeth Davidtz

Gender : Female

Malgorzata Gebel

Character Name : Viktoria Klonowska

Original Name : Malgorzata Gebel

Gender : Female

Shmuel Levy

Character Name : Wilek Chilowicz

Original Name : Shmuel Levy

Gender : Male

Mark Ivanir

Character Name : Marcel Goldberg

Original Name : Mark Ivanir

Gender : Male

Béatrice Macola

Character Name : Ingrid

Original Name : Béatrice Macola

Gender : Female

Andrzej Seweryn

Character Name : Julian Scherner

Original Name : Andrzej Seweryn

Gender : Male

Friedrich von Thun

Character Name : Rolf Czurda

Original Name : Friedrich von Thun

Gender : Male

Krzysztof Luft

Character Name : Herman Toffel

Original Name : Krzysztof Luft

Gender : Male

Harry Nehring

Character Name : Leo John

Original Name : Harry Nehring

Gender : Male

Norbert Weisser

Character Name : Albert Hujar

Original Name : Norbert Weisser

Gender : Male

Adi Nitzan

Character Name : Mila Pfefferberg

Original Name : Adi Nitzan

Gender : Male

Michael Schneider

Character Name : Juda Dresner

Original Name : Michael Schneider

Gender : Male

Miri Fabian

Character Name : Chaja Dresner

Original Name : Miri Fabian

Gender : Male

Anna Mucha

Character Name : Danka Dresner

Original Name : Anna Mucha

Gender : Female

Albert Misak

Character Name : Mordecai Wulkan

Original Name : Albert Misak

Gender : Male

Michael Gordon

Character Name : Mr. Nussbaum

Original Name : Michael Gordon

Gender : Male

Aldona Grochal

Character Name : Mrs. Nussbaum

Original Name : Aldona Grochal

Gender : Female

Jacek Wójcicki

Character Name : Henry Rosner

Original Name : Jacek Wójcicki

Gender : Male

Beata Paluch

Character Name : Manci Rosner

Original Name : Beata Paluch

Gender : Male

Piotr Polk

Character Name : Leo Rosner

Original Name : Piotr Polk

Gender : Male

Ezra Dagan

Character Name : Rabbi Menasha Lewartow

Original Name : Ezra Dagan

Gender : Male

Beata Deskur

Character Name : Rebecca Tannenbaum

Original Name : Beata Deskur

Gender : Female

Rami Heuberger

Character Name : Josef Bau

Original Name : Rami Heuberger

Gender : Male

Leopold Kozłowski

Character Name : Investor

Original Name : Leopold Kozłowski

Gender : Male

Jerzy Nowak

Character Name : Investor

Original Name : Jerzy Nowak

Gender : Male

Uri Avrahami

Character Name : Chaim Nowak

Original Name : Uri Avrahami

Gender : Male

Adam Siemion

Character Name : OD/Chicken Boy

Original Name : Adam Siemion

Gender : Male

Magdalena Dandourian

Character Name : Nuisa Horowitz

Original Name : Magdalena Dandourian

Gender : Female

Paweł Deląg

Character Name : Dolek Horowitz

Original Name : Paweł Deląg

Gender : Male

Shabtai Konorti

Character Name : Garage Mechanic

Original Name : Shabtai Konorti

Gender : Male

Oliwia Dabrowska

Character Name : Red Genia

Original Name : Oliwia Dabrowska

Gender : Male

Henryk Bista

Character Name : Mr. Löwenstein

Original Name : Henryk Bista

Gender : Male

Tadeusz Bradecki

Character Name : DEF Foreman

Original Name : Tadeusz Bradecki

Gender : Male

Wojciech Klata

Character Name : Lisiek

Original Name : Wojciech Klata

Gender : Male

Elina Löwensohn

Character Name : Diana Reiter

Original Name : Elina Löwensohn

Gender : Female

Ewa Kolasińska-Szramel

Character Name : Irrational Woman

Original Name : Ewa Kolasińska-Szramel

Gender : Female

Bettina Kupfer

Character Name : Regina Perlman

Original Name : Bettina Kupfer

Gender : Female

Grzegorz Kwas

Character Name : Mietek Pemper

Original Name : Grzegorz Kwas

Gender : Male

Vili Matula

Character Name : Investigator

Original Name : Vili Matula

Gender : Male

Stanislaw Koczanowicz

Character Name : Doorman

Original Name : Stanislaw Koczanowicz

Gender : Male

Hans-Jörg Assmann

Character Name : Julius Madritsch

Original Name : Hans-Jörg Assmann

Gender : Male

Geno Lechner

Character Name : Majola

Original Name : Geno Lechner

Gender : Female

August Schmölzer

Character Name : Dieter Reeder

Original Name : August Schmölzer

Gender : Male

Ludger Pistor

Character Name : Josef Liepold

Original Name : Ludger Pistor

Gender : Male

Beata Rybotycka

Character Name : Club Singer

Original Name : Beata Rybotycka

Gender : Male

Branko Lustig

Character Name : Nightclub Maitre D'

Original Name : Branko Lustig

Gender : Male

Artus-Maria Matthiessen

Character Name : Treblinka Commandant

Original Name : Artus-Maria Matthiessen

Gender : Male

Hans-Michael Rehberg

Character Name : Rudolf Hoss

Original Name : Hans-Michael Rehberg

Gender : Male

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

Gender : Male

Michael Z. Hoffmann

Character Name : Montelupich Colonel

Original Name : Michael Z. Hoffmann

Gender : Male

Erwin Leder

Character Name : SS Waffen Officer

Original Name : Erwin Leder

Gender : Male

Jochen Nickel

Character Name : Wilhelm Kunde

Original Name : Jochen Nickel

Gender : Male

Andrzej Welminski

Character Name : Dr. Blancke

Original Name : Andrzej Welminski

Gender : Male

Daniel Del-Ponte

Character Name : Josef Mengele

Original Name : Daniel Del-Ponte

Gender : Male

Marian Glinka

Character Name : DEF SS Officer

Original Name : Marian Glinka

Gender : Male

Grzegorz Damięcki

Character Name : SS Sergeant Kunder

Original Name : Grzegorz Damięcki

Gender : Male

Stanisław Brejdygant

Character Name : DEF Guard

Original Name : Stanisław Brejdygant

Gender : Male

Olaf Lubaszenko

Character Name : Auschwitz Guard

Original Name : Olaf Lubaszenko

Gender : Male

Haymon Maria Buttinger

Character Name : Auschwitz Guard

Original Name : Haymon Maria Buttinger

Gender : Male

Peter Appiano

Character Name : Auschwitz Guard

Original Name : Peter Appiano

Gender : Male

Jacek Pulanecki

Character Name : Brinnlitz Guard

Original Name : Jacek Pulanecki

Gender : Male

Tomasz Dedek

Character Name : Gestapo

Original Name : Tomasz Dedek

Gender : Male

Sławomir Holland

Character Name : Gestapo

Original Name : Sławomir Holland

Gender : Male

Martin Semmelrogge

Character Name : SS Waffen Man

Original Name : Martin Semmelrogge

Gender : Male

Tadeusz Huk

Character Name : Gestapo Brinnitz

Original Name : Tadeusz Huk

Gender : Male

Alexander Held

Character Name : SS Bureaucrat

Original Name : Alexander Held

Gender : Male

Piotr Cyrwus

Character Name : Ukrainian Guard

Original Name : Piotr Cyrwus

Gender : Male

Joachim Paul Assböck

Character Name : Klaus Tauber

Original Name : Joachim Paul Assböck

Gender : Male

Osman Ragheb

Character Name : Border Guard

Original Name : Osman Ragheb

Gender : Male

Maciej Orłoś

Character Name : German Clerk

Original Name : Maciej Orłoś

Gender : Male

Marek Wrona

Character Name : Toffel’s Secretary

Original Name : Marek Wrona

Gender : Male

Zbigniew Kozłowski

Character Name : Scherner’s Secretary

Original Name : Zbigniew Kozłowski

Gender : Male

Marcin Grzymowicz

Character Name : Czurda’s Secretary

Original Name : Marcin Grzymowicz

Gender : Male

Dieter Witting

Character Name : Bosch

Original Name : Dieter Witting

Gender : Male

Magdalena Komornicka

Character Name : Goeth's Girl

Original Name : Magdalena Komornicka

Gender : Female

Agnieszka Krukówna

Character Name : Czurda’s Girl

Original Name : Agnieszka Krukówna

Gender : Female

Anemona Knut

Character Name : Polish Girl

Original Name : Anemona Knut

Gender : Female

Jeremy Flynn

Character Name : Brinnlitz Man

Original Name : Jeremy Flynn

Gender : Male

Agnieszka Wagner

Character Name : Brinnlitz Girl

Original Name : Agnieszka Wagner

Gender : Female

Jan Jurewicz

Character Name : Russian Officer

Original Name : Jan Jurewicz

Gender : Male

Wiesław Komasa

Character Name : Plaszow Depot SS Guard

Original Name : Wiesław Komasa

Gender : Male

Maciej Kozłowski

Character Name : SS Guard Zablocie

Original Name : Maciej Kozłowski

Gender : Male

Martin Bergmann

Character Name : SS NCO Zablocie

Original Name : Martin Bergmann

Gender : Male

Wilhelm Manske

Character Name : SS NCO Ghetto

Original Name : Wilhelm Manske

Gender : Male

Peter Flechtner

Character Name : SS NCO Ghetto

Original Name : Peter Flechtner

Gender : Male

Sigurd Bemme

Character Name : SS NCO Ghetto

Original Name : Sigurd Bemme

Gender : Male

Etl Szyc

Character Name : Ghetto Woman

Original Name : Etl Szyc

Gender : Female

Lucyna Zabawa

Character Name : Ghetto Woman

Original Name : Lucyna Zabawa

Gender : Male

Ruth Farhi

Character Name : Old Jewish Woman

Original Name : Ruth Farhi

Gender : Female

Jerzy Sagan

Character Name : Ghetto Old Man

Original Name : Jerzy Sagan

Gender : Male

Dariusz Szymaniak

Character Name : Prisoner at Depot

Original Name : Dariusz Szymaniak

Gender : Male

Dirk Bender

Character Name : Clerk at Depot

Original Name : Dirk Bender

Gender : Male

Maciej Winkler

Character Name : Black Marketeer

Original Name : Maciej Winkler

Gender : Male

Radosław Krzyżowski

Character Name : Black Marketeer

Original Name : Radosław Krzyżowski

Gender : Male

Jacek Link-Lenczowski

Character Name : Black Marketeer

Original Name : Jacek Link-Lenczowski

Gender : Male

Hanna Kossowska

Character Name : Ghetto Doctor

Original Name : Hanna Kossowska

Gender : Female

Maja Ostaszewska

Character Name : Frantic Woman

Original Name : Maja Ostaszewska

Gender : Female

Sebastian Skalski

Character Name : Stable Boy

Original Name : Sebastian Skalski

Gender : Male

Ryszard Radwański

Character Name : Pankiewicz

Original Name : Ryszard Radwański

Gender : Male

Piotr Kadlcik

Character Name : Man in Pharmacy

Original Name : Piotr Kadlcik

Gender : Male

Lech Niebielski

Character Name : NCO Plaszow

Original Name : Lech Niebielski

Gender : Male

Thomas Morris

Character Name : Grun

Original Name : Thomas Morris

Gender : Male

Sebastian Konrad

Character Name : Engineer Man

Original Name : Sebastian Konrad

Gender : Male

Lidia Wyrobiec-Bank

Character Name : Clara Sternberg

Original Name : Lidia Wyrobiec-Bank

Gender : Male

Ravit Ferera

Character Name : Maria Mischel

Original Name : Ravit Ferera

Gender : Male

Agnieszka Korzeniowska

Character Name : Ghetto Girl

Original Name : Agnieszka Korzeniowska

Gender : Male

Dominika Bednarczyk

Character Name : Ghetto Girl

Original Name : Dominika Bednarczyk

Gender : Female

Alicja Kubaszewska

Character Name : Ghetto Girl

Original Name : Alicja Kubaszewska

Gender : Male

Danny Marcu

Character Name : Ghetto Man

Original Name : Danny Marcu

Gender : Male

Hans Rosner

Character Name : Ghetto Man

Original Name : Hans Rosner

Gender : Male

Edward Linde-Lubaszenko

Character Name : Brinnlitz Priest

Original Name : Edward Linde-Lubaszenko

Gender : Male

Alexander Strobele

Character Name : Montelupich Prisoner

Original Name : Alexander Strobele

Gender : Male

Georges Kern

Character Name : Depot Master

Original Name : Georges Kern

Gender : Male

Alexander Buczolich

Character Name : Plaszow SS Guard

Original Name : Alexander Buczolich

Gender : Male

Michael Schiller

Character Name : Plaszow SS Guard

Original Name : Michael Schiller

Gender : Male

Götz Otto

Character Name : Plaszow SS Guard

Original Name : Götz Otto

Gender : Male

Wolfgang Seidenberg

Character Name : Plaszow SS Guard

Original Name : Wolfgang Seidenberg

Gender : Male

Hubert Kramar

Character Name : Plaszow SS Guard

Original Name : Hubert Kramar

Gender : Male

Razia Israeli

Character Name : Plaszow Jewish Girl

Original Name : Razia Israeli

Gender : Female

Dorit Seadia

Character Name : Plaszow Jewish Girl

Original Name : Dorit Seadia

Gender : Male

Esti Yerushalmi

Character Name : Plaszow Jewish Girl

Original Name : Esti Yerushalmi

Gender : Female

Marta Bizoń

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Marta Bizoń

Gender : Female

Maciej Kowalewski

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Maciej Kowalewski

Gender : Male

Zuzanna Lipiec

Character Name : Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Zuzanna Lipiec

Gender : Male

Maria Peszek

Character Name : Young Worker (uncredited)

Original Name : Maria Peszek

Gender : Female

Leopold Pfefferberg

Character Name : Mourner (uncredited)

Original Name : Leopold Pfefferberg

Gender : Male

Leopold Rosner

Character Name : Mourner (uncredited)

Original Name : Leopold Rosner

Gender : Male

Emilie Schindler

Character Name : Mourner (uncredited)

Original Name : Emilie Schindler

Gender : Male

Katarzyna Śmiechowicz

Character Name : German Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Katarzyna Śmiechowicz

Gender : Female

Reviews

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Mayurpanchamia

@Mayurpanchamia

2022-03-28

Directed by Steven Spielberg, the name is enough. He enjoys immense love and justified appreciation. It’s not just a rumour, but his name transcends to million footfalls to theatres and multiple OTT replays. But this movie is special because as a Jew Spielberg felt the pain of Holocaust and thus this was personal. Spielberg’s paternal grandparents were Jews from Ukraine. I really hope things cool down very soon in Ukraine and somebody someday make a film on the crisis in Ukraine. After watching “The Kashmir Files” I felt like watching the list because I wanted to see how we can make better movies without the propaganda. The Kashmir Files is necessary minus the very few political flaws and propaganda it subtly injects into its viewers. Asking the questions is not anti-national and not all JNU people come with an agenda. Kashmir Files tells many truths and ought to be told but also hides a lot of the actual/factual truths. Just like a dictator it blatantly shows only the side they want to without any iota of balance. But Schindler’s List is different because it never lets the bleakness of the Holocaust overwhelm its important theme of fighting for the common good. The director says, “My primary purpose in making Schindler’s List was for education. The Holocaust had been treated as just a footnote in so many textbooks or not mentioned at all. Millions knew little if anything about it. Others tried to deny it happened at all.” Keneally’s best-known work, Schindler’s Ark was published in 1982; also known as Schindler’s List and film released in 1993, tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than 1,300 Jews from the Nazis. . Liam Neeson plays very well Schindler however shows his true side that he was a playboy and so on. He was not a saint. He cheated on his wife, drank excessively and spied for Abwehr, the counter-espionage arm of the Wehrmacht (German army), in Czechoslovakia. But the true characteristics of human beings cannot be spliced even in the most fascist regimes. Sometimes character flaws bring in real joy, excitement and belief. Steven Spielberg’s movie, Schindler’s List, while important, impressive and admirable in many respects, tries to show the true face of propaganda and mass bullshit and how an entire nation can be mass brainwashed to fuel hatred amoung it’s people and bring a great nation down. Something India and Indians need to really ponder upon. After Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Oskar Schindler sets up an enamelware factory in Krakow that used a combination of Jewish workers interred by the Germans and free Polish workers. His initial interest, of course, was to make money. But as time went on, he grew to care about his Jewish workers, particularly those with whom he came into contact on a daily basis. In addition, helping Jews became a way to fight against what he viewed as disastrous and brutal policies emanating from Adolf Hitler and the SS. Oskar Schindler convinced German authorities his factory was vital and that he needed trained workers. But Schindler did not author or dictate the list instead, Marcel Goldberg, a Jewish “clerk” compiled it. There is a line in the movie which goes like, “That’s not just good old fashioned Jew hate talk. Its policy now” and it hits hard and makes us aware that nothing has changed in present too. Itzhak Stern, played in the movie by Ben Kingsley was one of the most powerful character more of culmination of lot of people at that time. Oskar Schindler was a great man publicly and a not so great man privately but he saved the lives of more than 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust and that’s why a movie has been made on him. The imperfections in his character and the nuances in the historical record only make his story more remarkable. The movie’s budget was just $22 million. No one had ever made a profitable film about the Holocaust. Spielberg himself didn’t take a salary, calling it “blood money.” Something Vivek Agnihotri and makers of “The Kashmir Files” should ponder upon. As I write this Kashmir Files has already touched 250 Cr. Such sensitive films should come with not just spontanity but also empathy which is found in Spielberg and lacks in Agnihotri’s. This movie reminded me of another Spielberg movies which moved and caved in Bridge of Spies. Bridge was about the fine art of negotiation and the List is about the fine art of “Gratitude” you will hear this word a lot in the Schindler’s List. I felt both the movies very similar and fantastic. The use of black and white cinematography also makes me think of “KOTA FACTORY” both shot in black and white to resemble the dark and hollowness of the subject material. Art does make you uncomfortable and that’s it’s Dharma and Karma but propoganda does give you only the bigoted narration with giving the example that his master is always a good guy. In one scene, Schindler implores Goeth to spray water into the cars on a hot day to help the dehydrated Jews inside. Goeth tells him that to do so would give false hope—a clear implication that the trains deliver Jews to their deaths.The lists become increasingly ominous during sorting exercises to determine who is fit to work or who is “essential” and who is not. Those deemed “unessential” are placed on the list to be evacuated to extermination camps. Stern’s name appears on a list sending him to Auschwitz. When Schindler saves him, an SS officer mentions that it doesn’t matter which Jew gets on the train, and that keeping track of names just means more paperwork. This disregard for names and particularity symbolizes the extent to which the Nazis dehumanized Jews. Schindler’s list is one that saves lives. The Nazis’ lists represent evil and death, but Schindler’s list represents pure good and life. In an ironic twist, the final list in the film is a list that Schindler’s workers give to him—a list of their signatures vouching for Schindler as a good man, to help him if Allied soldiers catch him. The saved in turn become saviors. The one-armed man who thanks Schindler for employing him and making him “essential” is shot in the head by an SS officer as he shovels snow the next day. Blood flows from his head, staining the surrounding snow. In a later scene, Goeth orders the execution of a Jewish woman engineer who tells Goeth of a fatal construction error. Her blood, too, pours from her head and darkens the snow around her. The blood pouring from the victims’ heads is both literally and metaphorically the lifeblood being bled out of the Jewish race. In yet another scene, Goeth attempts to execute a rabbi working at the Plaszów labor camp. The rabbi stays kneeling as Goeth again and again attempts to shoot him in the head. But the gun jams, and the rabbi is spared, symbolizing the tenuous protection the Schindlerjuden had and the fine line between life and death. The film talks about the corruption of not just money but hearts and minds too. It shows us privileges and different aspects of life while keeping humanity before profits and ideologies. Intricacies of personal and professional lives are intertwined here for the good sake. The film ends with – “WHOEVER SAVES ONE LIFE, SAVES THE WORLD ENTIRE.” The actual Oskar Schindler died in 1974 and was buried in Jerusalem on Mount Zion. He is the only former member of the Nazi Party to be honored in this way. He and his wife Emilie were named Righteous Among the Nations by the Israeli government in 1993, something that would be hard to believe could happen without the film highlighting his life. As we all know, Spielberg and the film went on to win several Academy Awards for Schindler’s List, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film also won for Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing. Spielberg would win another Best Director Oscar for Saving Private Ryan five years later, but for him what happened with Schindler would be his crowning achievement. Schindler’s List is a rare movie whose legacy is just as important as its existence. Perhaps the lasting legacy of the film, aside from tolerance, is the image of the girl in red. During the liquidation of the ghetto scene, we see a little girl wandering. She serves as the person Schindler and the audience fixate on. The weight of the atrocity that we carry as viewers.When prompted to talk about one of the only color moments in the film, the girl in red, Spielberg told USA Today, “In (Thomas Keneally’s) book, Schindler couldn’t get over the fact that a little girl was walking during the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto. While everyone was being put on trucks or shot in the street, one little girl in a red, red coat was being ignored by the SS.” For Spielberg, that came to symbolize the blind eye world leaders turned to the murders going on in Europe. “To me, that meant that Roosevelt and Eisenhower—and probably Stalin and Churchill—knew about the Holocaust… and did nothing to stop it. It was almost as though the Holocaust itself was wearing red.” Same repeats in Ukraine too. Spielberg helped develop and found The Shoah Foundation. It furthered the education and established “The Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation” to document the testimonies of thousands of survivors. For Spielberg, he wanted future generations to have these eyewitness accounts to serve as a permanent record. He hoped that there would never be a time we saw Nazism and fascism on the rise again. The project has collected the testimony of more than 55,000 survivors and witnesses to the Holocaust as well as other atrocities. “It wouldn’t have happened without Schindler’s List,” he said. “The Shoah Foundation wouldn’t exist.” Something the Hypocritic Vivek Agnihotri should think about. I still stand by that “The Kashmir files” should be shown to everyone without propoganda and only one agenda that this atrocities and “Genocide” should not be repeated on any one anywhere. The film is available on Netflix. Go, watch, think. https://letterboxd.com/mayurpanchamia/film/schindlers-list/ https://mayurpanchamia.wordpress.com/2022/03/27/schindlers-list/ https://www.themoviedb.org/review/62405d62706e56005dc24c03

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-01-28

There's a powerful little low-budget effort with Ralph Richardson called "The Silver Fleet" (1943) that illustrates just how difficult it was for those in the occupied territories to continue to do what was right without looking like a collaborator and/or ending up against a wall of Nazi bullets. Well here, Steven Spielberg takes that dangerous occupation and scales it up somewhat as the eponymous Czech industrialist and arms manufacturer (Liam Neeson) finds his increasing revulsion to the brutality of their new occupying power driving him, with the able assistance of his Jewish factory manager "Stern" (Ben Kingsley), to find ways to keep them from being routinely slaughtered. Getting them out is not really an option, so he invents ways of convincing the authorities that they are more useful alive and decently fed/housed - even suggesting the usefulness of children's small fingers to polish shell casings - to avoid them being deported to the now fully functioning Auchwitz extermination camp. The story is history but the manner in which it is delivered here is poignant and potent. Schindler's gradual shift from a venally induced indifference to one of active concern is well handled by Neeson's considered performance and Kingsley works well as his low-level but crucial co-conspirator. Plaudits must also go to Ralph Fiennes with, I think, the best portrayal of his career as the odious Commandant Goeth who combines just about every element of the worst in human nature into one ghastly individual eliciting a palpable degree of loathing. Does it need to be 3¼ hours long? Well I'm not so sure about that, and there are times when the repetitive oppressiveness of their gruelling environment risks de-sensitising the message a little, but for the most part the abusive and terrifying lives led by the Jewish prisoners and the increasingly perilous path being taken by those trying to help is well held together with some stunning cinematography and an untypical John Williams score. It's definitely a big screen occasion - somehow television reduces it's impact, so if you can see it in a cinema. Either way, it does offer some salutary lessons in man's inhumanity, and humanity to our fellow man!

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Zak_Jaggs

@Zak_Jaggs

2024-12-24

Emotionally powerful and historically very important. This film deals with possibly the hardest topic in human history, and it does it with class, purpose and excellent filmmaking. Liam Neeson is brilliant as Schindler; Fiennes is utterly horrifying as the terrible Goth and all the other character actors hit the mark brilliantly. The decision to make it black and white makes Schindler's List stand-out and feel distinct, it is a piece of genius. In the end this film is about the utter depravity that humanity is capable of, and the utterly brilliant heroism humanity is capable of, WW2 and the Holocaust in real life brought out the worst in us as a species and it bought out the best of us, this film captures that, but it also captures the complexities of the people at the heart of the most dramatic events in world history, no other film does this as well. Top quality and a very good start point for people who are unfimilar with the nitty-gritty of the Nazi regime.