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It's a film about heroism
with an unlikely hero at its
center--Catholic war profiteer Oskar
Schindler (Liam Neeson), who risked his
life and went bankrupt to save more than
1,000 Jews from certain death in
concentration camps.
By employing Jews in his
crockery factory manufacturing goods for
the German army, Schindler ensures their
survival against terrifying odds. At the
same time, he must remain solvent with the
help of a Jewish accountant (Ben Kingsley)
and negotiate business with a vicious,
obstinate Nazi commandant (Ralph Fiennes)
who enjoys shooting Jews as target
practice from the balcony of his villa
overlooking a prison camp. Schindler's
List gains much of its power not by trying
to explain Schindler's motivations, but by
dramatizing the delicate diplomacy and
determination with which he carried out
his generous deeds.
As a drinker and womanizer who thought
nothing of associating with Nazis,
Schindler was hardly a model of decency;
the film is largely about his
transformation in response to the horror
around him. Spielberg doesn't flinch from
that horror, and the result is a film that
combines remarkable humanity with
abhorrent inhumanity--a film that
functions as a powerful history lesson and
a testament to the resilience of the human
spirit in the context of a living
nightmare. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
Winner of seven Academy
Awards, including Best Picture and Best
Director, it also won every major Best
Picture Awards from the New York Film
Critics Circle, the National Society of
Film Critics, the National Board of
Review, the Producers Guild, the Los
Angeles Film Critics, the Chicago, Boston
and Dallas Film Critics; a Christopher
Award; and the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association Golden Globe Awards. Steven
Spielberg was further honored with the
Directors Guild of America Award.
The film presents the indelible true story
of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member
of the Nazi party, womanizer, and war
profiteer who saved the lives of more than
1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the
triumph of one man who made a difference,
and the drama of those who survived one of
the darkest chapters in human history
because of what he did.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film,
which also won Academy Awards for
Screenplay, Cinematography, Music,
Editing, and Art Direction, stars an
acclaimed cast headed by Liam Neeson, Ben
Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall,
Jonathan Sagalle, and Embeth Davidtz.
System Requirements:
Running Time 196 Min
Format: DVD MOVIE |
Schindler's
List
