Schindler’s List
Release: December 15, 1993
Budget: $22,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $322,287,794
Schindler’s List is based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist in Poland who opens a factory in order to make money from the Nazis and finds a way to save 1,200 Jews from being murdered by the Nazis at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Schindler’s List is one of Steven Spielberg’s greatest accomplishments. In a way that only he could, Spielberg turned the holocaust narrative into a piece of art that is forever etched into the minds of every viewer. This is an outstanding film that everyone should watch at least once in their life.
Casting
Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) – a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi Party.
Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley) – a Polish-Israeli Jewish man who was a leader in the Jewish community and who worked for Oskar Schindler helping him rescue Jews during the Holocaust.
Amon Göth (Ralph Fiennes) – an Austrian member of the Nazi’s SS unit. He served as the commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp in Poland.
Emilie Schindler (Caroline Goodall) – Oskar Schindler’s wife. She helped her husband save the lives of many Jews during WW II.
Awards & Nominations
Academy Awards, USA 1994
- Best Picture – Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
- Best Director – Steven Spielberg
- Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published – Steven Zaillian
- Best Cinematography – Janusz Kaminski
- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration – Allan Starski, Ewa Braun
- Best Film Editing – Michael Kahn
- Best Music, Original Score – John Williams
- Best Actor in a Leading Role – Liam Neeson
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Ralph Fiennes
- Best Costume Design – Anna B. Sheppard
- Best Sound – Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, Ron Judkins
- Best Makeup – Christina Smith, Matthew W. Mungle, Judith A. Cory
Golden Globes, USA 1994
- Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Best Director – Motion Picture – Steven Spielberg
- Best Screenplay – Motion Picture – Steven Zaillian
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Liam Neeson - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Ralph Fiennes
- Best Original Score – Motion Picture – John Williams
BAFTA Awards 1994
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Ralph Fiennes
- Best Screenplay – Adapted – Steven Zaillian
- Best Cinematography – Janusz Kaminski
- Best Editing – Michael Kahn
- Best Film – Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Branko Lustig
- Best Score – John Williams
- Best Direction – Steven Spielberg
- Best Actor – Liam Neeson
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Ben Kingsley
- Best Costume Design – Anna B. Sheppard
- Best Make Up Artist -Christina Smith, Matthew W. Mungle, Waldemar Pokromski, Pauline Heys
- Best Production Design – Allan Starski
- Best Sound – Charles L. Campbell, Louis L. Edemann, Robert Jackson, Ron Judkins, Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan
I want to know:
Which other Spielberg movies are based on real characters or true stories?
Actually, besides Schindler’s List, there are seven others: 1941, The Post, Amistad, Lincoln, Catch Me If You Can, Munich and Bridge of Spies.
Actually, besides Schindler’s List, there are seven others: 1941, The Post, Amistad, Lincoln, Catch Me If You Can, Munich and Bridge of Spies.
The most blatant symbol is girl in the red coat – the only color to appear in the movie other than the Shabbat candles.
