Cast:
Steven Spielberg, Director
Steven Zaillian, Writer
John Williams, Music
Janusz Kamiński, Cinematographer
Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler
Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern
Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth
Caroline Goodall as Emilie Schindler
Jonathan Sagall as Poldek Pfefferberg
Embeth Davidtz as Helen Hirsch
Małgorzata Gebel as Wiktoria Klonowska
Mark Ivanir as Marcel Goldberg
Beatrice Macola as Ingrid
Andrzej Seweryn as Julian Scherner
Friedrich von Thun as Rolf Czurda
Jerzy Nowak as Investor
Norbert Weisser as Albert Hujar
Albert Misak as Mordecai Wulkan
Michael Gordon as Mr. Nussbaum
Aldona Grochal as Mrs. Nussbaum
Uri Avrahami as Chaim Nowak
Michael Schneider as Juda Dresner
Miri Fabian as Chaja Dresner
Anna Mucha as Danka Dresner
Adi Nitzan as Mila Pfefferberg
Background:
Schindler's List was released on December 15, 1993.
On a shoestring budget of $22 million which had director Steven Spielberg forgoing his salary, the film went on to be a worldwide hit grossing $96 million in its original run placing 9th worldwide for 1993 and earning an additional $226 million in rereleases for an all-time total of $322.2 million.
It awed critics and filmgoers of the time alike, and the film was nominated for 12 Oscars including Best Actor (Neeson), Supporting Actor (Fiennes), Makeup, Sound, and Costume Design while winning Best Picture, Director (Spielberg), Adapted Screenplay (Zaillian), Original Score (Williams), Editing, Cinematography (Kaminski), and Art Direction.
Due to the popular reception of the film and its daunting depiction of the Holocaust, many have related popular culture's understanding of the history surrounding the event to be heavily impacted by the film.
In 1995, the film was included in Time Out magazine's 100 Greatest Films Centenary Poll.
The film was included in Leonard Maltin's "100 Must See Movies of the Century".
The Vatican included Schindler's List in its list of 45 important films – the latest-released entry to make the list.
A Channel 4 poll named Schindler's List the ninth greatest film of all time, and it ranked fourth in their 2005 war films poll.
In 2004, the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Due to the increased interest in Kraków created by the film, the city bought Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory in 2007 to create a permanent exhibition about the German occupation of the city from 1939 to 1945. The museum opened in June 2010.
Schindler's List has been recognized by the AFI on the following lists:
Schindler's List currently holds a 98% among critics on RT, a 95 score on Metacritic, and a 4.5/5 on Letterboxd.
Plot Summary: Schindler’s List is a powerful film exposing the horrors of the Holocaust and the capacity for redemption in the face of unimaginable evil. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) is a German businessman whose war profiteering led him to exploit Jewish labor in Nazi-occupied Poland. However, what begins as opportunism transforms into something deeply human as Schindler witnesses the systematic brutality inflicted upon his workers. With quiet urgency, he shifts from bystander to savior, risking everything to shield more than a thousand Jews from certain death. Schindler’s List is not just a great film but a necessary one.
Did You Know:
When survivor Mila Pfefferberg was introduced to Ralph Fiennes on the set, she began shaking uncontrollably, as he reminded her too much of the real Amon Göth.
Steven Spielberg initially intended to make the film in Polish and German with English subtitles, but rethought the idea because he felt he wouldn't be able to accurately assess performances in unfamiliar languages.
To gather costumes for 20,000 extras, the costume designer took out advertisements seeking clothes. As economic conditions were poor in Poland, many people were eager to sell clothing they still owned from the 1930s and 1940s.
At his insistence (citing that it would be "blood money"), all royalties and residuals from this movie that would normally have gone to Steven Spielberg instead are given to the Shoah Foundation, which records and preserves written and videotaped testimonies from survivors of genocide worldwide, including the Holocaust.
When Steven Spielberg first showed John Williams a cut of this movie, Williams was so moved he had to take a walk outside for several minutes to collect himself. Upon his return, he told Spielberg he deserved a better composer. Spielberg replied, "I know, but they're all dead."
Ralph Fiennes put on twenty-eight pounds (thirteen kilograms) by drinking Guinness for his role of Amon Goeth. Steven Spielberg cast him because of his "evil sexuality".
Steven Spielberg was able to get permission to film inside Auschwitz, but chose not to, out of respect for the victims, so the scenes of the death camp were filmed outside the gates on a set constructed in a mirror image of the real location on the other side.
Best Performance: Steven Spielberg (Director)
Best Secondary Performance: Liam Neeson (Schindler)/John Williams (Music)
Most Charismatic Award: Ben Kingsley (Stern)/Ralph Fiennes (Amon)
Best Scene:
Raiding of the Ghetto
I Pardon You
Helen Hirsch
Sent to Auschwitz by Mistake
I Could Have Got More Out
Favorite Scene: I Could Have Got More Out/Raiding of the Ghetto
Most Indelible Moment: Grave Memorial/I Could Have Got More Out
In Memorium:
Alice Hirson, 95, American actress (Another World, Being There, One Life to Live)
Biff Wiff, American actor (I Think You Should Leave, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Bob Bingham, 78, American actor (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Best Lines/Funniest Lines:
Oskar Schindler: Power - is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't.
Amon Goeth: You think that's power?
Oskar Schindler: That's what the Emperor said. A man stole something, he's brought in before the Emperor, he throws himself down on the ground. He begs for mercy, he knows he's going to die. And the Emperor - pardons him. This worthless man, he lets him go.
Amon Goeth: I think you are drunk.
Oskar Schindler: That's power, Amon. That - is power.
Itzhak Stern: It's Hebrew, it's from the Talmud. It says, "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire."
Oskar Schindler: I could have got more out. I could have got more. I don't know. If I'd just... I could have got more.
Oskar Schindler: My father was fond of saying you need three things in life - a good doctor, a forgiving priest, and a clever accountant. The first two, I've never had much use for.
Oskar Schindler: Stern, if this factory ever produces a shell that can actually be fired, I'll be very unhappy.
Title card: There are fewer than 4000 Jews left alive in Poland today. There are more than 6000 descendants of the Schindler Jews.
Amon Goeth: This is really cruel, Oskar. You are giving them hope. You shouldn't do that. *That's* cruel!
Oskar Schindler: Look, all you have to do is tell me what it's worth to you. What's a person worth to you?
Amon Goeth: No, no, no, no. What's one worth to you!
Chaim Nowak: Not essential? I think you misunderstand the meaning of the word. I teach history and literature, since when it's not essential?
The Stanley Rubric:
Legacy: 9.25
Impact/Significance: 9.75
Novelty: 9.5
Classic-ness: 10
Rewatchability: 5
Audience Score: 9.5 (93% Google, 97% RT)
Total: 53
Remaining Questions:
What happened to Oskar Schindler?
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