- Film Review
- Reviewed By Alan Jones
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5 out of 5
This outstanding Holocaust drama, based on Thomas Keneally's bestseller Schindler's Ark, won seven Oscars, including best picture, director (Steven Spielberg), adapted screenplay and score. It tells the story of Second World War entrepreneur Oskar Schindler (played by Liam Neeson), whose operation to supply the German war effort led him to be the unexpected saviour of more than 1,000 Jewish factory workers in Poland. Spielberg uses stark, brutal realism to put over his powerful points about racism and ethnic cleansing, and the use of stunning black-and-white photography and gritty hand-held camera footage give the film a potent documentary style. Ralph Fiennes invokes an awesome mixture of revulsion and sympathy as the inhuman Nazi commandant, Amon Goeth, and Neeson matches him with a heartfelt performance as the enigmatic Schindler. Ben Kingsley is also superb as Schindler's Jewish accountant and conscience.
Plot Summary
During the Second World War, Austrian businessman Oskar Schindler strives to save Jews destined for the concentration camps by employing them in his factory - an act of mercy made possible by a deal struck with a sadistic German commandant. Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning drama, starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Oskar Schindler
- Liam Neeson
- Itzhak Stern
- Ben Kingsley
- Amon Goeth
- Ralph Fiennes
- Emilie Schindler
- Caroline Goodall
- Poldek Pfefferberg
- Jonathan Sagall
- Helen Hirsch
- Embeth Davidtz
- Victoria Klonowska
- Malgoscha Gebel
- Wilek Chilowicz
- Shmulik Levy
- Marcel Goldberg
- Mark Ivanir
- Ingrid
- Beatrice Macola
Crew
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
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