
Oskar Schindler is a vain and greedy German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric German Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp, it is a testament to the good in all of us.... (Full plot summary below)
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Oskar Schindler is a vain and greedy German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric German Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp, it is a testament to the good in all of us.
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| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelDirector Steven Spielberg has achieved something close to the impossible--a morally serious, aesthetically stunning historical epic that is nonetheless readily accessible to a mass audience. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksThe result is unquestionably his most important work, his most fully realized work, his most rewarding work. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesThe acting is excellent. Liam Neeson is super, as is Ben Kingsley. I thought Ralph Fiennes was especially good; chilling! |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat is most amazing about this film is how completely Spielberg serves his story. The movie is brilliantly acted, written, directed and seen. Individual scenes are masterpieces of art direction, cinematography, special effects, crowd control. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliBecause this film touches us so deeply, the catharsis has a power that few -- if any -- other moments in film history can match. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendrickone of the most devastatingly emotional films ever made |
| BBC.comCarmel GallagherThe documentary style allows Spielberg to deliver his message without preaching. The clever use of light and shade also makes it visually stunning. |
| The SpectatorMark SteynSpielberg understands that that tension is a problem not just of filming the subject, but of the subject itself: that the tale of any one individual has to struggle to avoid being swamped by the sheer scale of horror. |
| Miami New TimesAlan ScherstuhlSchindler's List is monumental because it demands that we imagine the abominable, but it's great because of its creator's conviction that to ignore injustice is to sanction it. |
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarWhat the visual immediacy of Schindler's List does is to prod each of us to fill in the gaps of emotion for ourselves. To put this another way, the more you are able to invest in this superb, demanding film, the more you are likely to get back. |