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Based on a true story, SCHINDLER'S LIST is Steven Spielberg's epic drama of World War II Holocaust survivors and the man who unexpectedly came to be their savior. Unrepentant womanizer and war profiteer Oskar Schindler uses Polish Jews as cheap labor to produce cookware for the Third Reich. But after witnessing the violent liquidation of the walled ghetto where the Krakow Jews have been forced to live, Schindler slowly begins to realize the immense evil of Nazism. When his employees are sent to a work camp, they come under the terrorizing reign of sadistic Nazi Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes). With the help of his accountant, Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley), Schindler creates a list of "essential" Jews. Bribing Goeth, Schindler manages to get 1,100 people released from the camp and brought to the safety of his munitions factory in Czechoslovakia. Spielberg's glorious film is wondrously evocative, visually stunning, and emotionally stirring.
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| Key Information | |
| Directors | Steven Spielberg |
| Stars | Andrzej Seweryn |
| Actors | Elina L?wensohn |
| Genre | Dramas |
| Subgenre | Recommended • True Story • WWII • Epic • War • Prison/Prisoners • Blockbuster • Nazis • Social Issues • Heroes • Tragedy • Jewish Heritage • Hitler • Jewish • Nazi Germany • Holocaust • Essential Cinema • Classic • Drama • Drama (General) • Theatrical Release |
| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats | VHS: Bonus - "Behind the Shoah Foundation with Steven Spielberg" |
| UPC | 096898213332 |
| Release Date | 1993 |
| Running Time | 3hr 17min |
| Languages | |
| Original Language | Polish |
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Format: DVD: Full Frame, Digipak Packaging Edition, 3hr 16min Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (March 09, 2004) UPC: 025192115226 |
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| VHS Editions | |
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Format: VHS: ed Release Company: Movies Unlimited (August 17, 1994) |
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| Credits | |
| Screenwriter | Steven Zaillian |
| Professional Reviews | |
| (02/11/1994, p.39, Owen Gleiberman): "...Existential vividness unprecedented in any nondocumentary film..." -- Rating: A | |