Theater Release: December 15, 1993
DVD Release: November 06, 2005
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R for language, some sexuality and actuality violence
Main Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, and Embeth Davidtz
Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Branko Lustig, Gerard R. Molen, Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Steven Zaillian
Studio: Universal Pictures
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Adapted from the novel by Thomas Keneally, Steven Spielberg’s film Schindler's List tells the true story of Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson). Initially a member of the Nazi party, the Catholic Schindler risks his career and life, and ultimately goes bankrupt, to employ 1100 Jews in his crockery factory during the Holocaust.
Schindler’s Jewish accountant (Ben Kingsley) serves as his conscience, as Schindler conducts business with an obstinate and cruel Nazi commander (Ralph Fiennes), who viciously kills Jewish prisoners from the balcony of his villa overlooking a prison camp.
Filmed almost entirely in black-and-white on-location in Poland, Schindler’s List does not downplay the faults of its magnanimous and unlikely hero, but relates a story of the triumph of the human spirit in the face of horrific devastation and tragedy.
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