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Film Review: Schindler's List

Film Details

Schindler's List is based on the novel by Thomas Keneally, with ***** film released in the United States in December 1993. Directed by Steven Spielberg, ***** movie includes a cast of stars including Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle and Embeth Davidtz. It was produced by ***** Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen ***** Branko Lustig, with screenplay ***** Steven Zaillian, cinematography by Janusz Kaminski and music by John Williams.

Schindler's List ***** the winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Liam Neeson, Best Supporting Actor for *****alph Fiennes, ***** Screenplay, Best Art Direction, ***** Cinematography, Best Film Editing ***** Best Original Score for John Williams. Fur*****r accolades include winning seven British ***** Awards, winning the Best ***** Award from ***** New York ***** Critics Circle, winning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Golden Globe Award and Spielberg winning the ********** Guild ***** America Award for directing the film.

Film Overview

The ***** is set in Pol***** in World War II, at the time when *****and was occupied ***** Nazi's. The primary ********** of the film is ***** events of the Holocaust and the persecution of Jews. The central character is Oskar Schindler, played by Liam Neeson, a Nazi businessman who recruits Jews to work in h***** factory, saving t*****em ***** death in do*****g so. While he begins the film recruiting ***** ***** only for his own needs, by the end of the film he is actively trying to save t*****m, ***** saves the lives of over 1200 Jews. The film is essentially about the Holocaust, presenting ***** horror and truth of the holocaust ***** a modern audience by combining a number of stories into a film. The ***** result is a ***** that presents ***** human side of the Holocaust in all it's tragic reality.

The Story Told

*****'s ***** does not tell only one story but combines several. The first story told is that ***** Oskar Schindler, the ***** businessman who became a hero, s*****ving ***** 1200 *****. Schindler is ***** your typical hero and has few heroic qualities. He is a shrewd businessman, best at lying, bribing ***** cheating and is al***** a womanizer ***** an alcoholic. In the film, we see this Nazi who is using the Jews only as ********** are cheap labor for him, ch*****ge ***** a man who is willing to risk his life to save these Jews. These are the heroic actions of an unheroic character. The general plot of the film is about the changes that ***** goes through.

The second ***** in the film is the presentation of the ***** of the holocaust. The movie ***** ***** on real events and the film ensures ***** the horror ***** this period of time is not lost on the viewer. It shows how the Nazi's yielded their power ***** ***** the ***** were cruelly slaughtered, the tragedy ***** these ***** historical events becoming quite clear.

The third story is