Schindler's list / Amblin Entertainment ; Universal Pictures ; producers, Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen, Steven Spielberg ; writer, Steven Zaillian ; director, Steven Spielberg.

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The story of a Catholic war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and went bankrupt in order to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps. He employed Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army. At the same time he tries to stay solvent w...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Jewish heritage video collection.
Corporate Authors: Amblin Entertainment (Firm)
Universal Pictures (Firm)
Other Authors: Lustig, Branko
Molen, Gerald R.
Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
Zaillian, Steven
Neeson, Liam
Kingsley, Ben, 1943-
Fiennes, Ralph
Goodall, Caroline
Sagalle, Jonathan
Davidtz, Embeth, 1966-
Gebel, Malgoscha
Levy, Shmulik
Ivanir, Mark
Kamiński, Janusz, 1959-
Skoczkowska, Ewa
Walczak, Maciej
Kahn, Michael, 1935-
Williams, John, 1932-
Sheppard, Anna
Starski, Allan, 1943-
Keneally, Thomas
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English, French or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal, 2004, ©1993.
Edition:Wide or full screen versions.
Series:Jewish heritage video collection.
Subjects:
Schindler, Oskar, > 1908-1974 > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Drama.
Blue collar workers > Poland > Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 196 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
The story of a Catholic war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and went bankrupt in order to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps. He employed Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army. At the same time he tries to stay solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant and negotiates business with a vicious Nazi commandant who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony of his villa that overlooks the prison camp he commands.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
Based on the book by Thomas Keneally.
Special feature: "Voices from the list" featurette; behind "The Shoah Foundation story with Steven Spielberg" featurette; cast and filmmakers; about Oskar Schindler.
Videorecording.
Closed captioning.
Call Number:PN1995.9.H5 S356 2004 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexuality, and actuality violence.
Credits:Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; art directors, Ewa Skoczkowska, Maciej Walczak ; editor, Michael Kahn ; original music, John Williams ; costume designer, Anna B. Sheppard ; production designer, Allan Starski.
System Details:DVD, Region 1; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.
Cast:
Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, Embeth Davidtz, Malgoshcha Gebel, Shmulik Levy, Mark Ivanir.