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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:Schindler's list (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Williams, John, 1932- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Amblin Entertainment (Firm)
Universal Pictures (Firm)
Other Authors: Lustig, Branko (Producer)
Molen, Gerald R. (Producer)
Spielberg, Steven, 1946- (Producer, Director)
Zaillian, Steven (Screenwriter)
Neeson, Liam (Actor)
Kingsley, Ben, 1943- (Actor)
Fiennes, Ralph (Actor)
Goodall, Caroline, 1959- (Actor)
Sagalle, Jonathan (Actor)
Davidtz, Embeth, 1966- (Actor)
Gebel, Malgoscha (Actor)
Levy, Shmulik (Actor)
Ivanir, Mark (Actor)
Kamiński, Janusz, 1959- (Cinematographer)
Skoczkowska, Ewa
Walczak, Maciej
Kahn, Michael, 1935- (Film editor)
Sheppard, Anna
Starski, Allan, 1943-
Keneally, Thomas
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2004]
Edition:Full frame format.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Keneally, Thomas > Film adaptations.
Schindler, Oskar, > 1908-1974 > Drama.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust > Poland > Kraków > Drama.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Kraków > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Poland > Kraków > Drama.
Blue collar workers > Poland > Drama.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 > Judíos > Polonia > Kraków > Teatro.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Keneally, Thomas.
Schindler, Oskar, > 1908-1974.
1939-1945
Blue collar workers.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
Poland.
Poland > Kraków.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
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:Double sided disc must be flipped halfway through.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
Based on the book by Thomas Keneally.
Special features: "Voices from the list" featurette; "The Shoah Foundation story with Steven Spielberg" featurette; cast and filmmakers; about Oskar Schindler.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ6 D0033841 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexuality, and actuality violence.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1993: Best director; best picture; best cinematography; best art direction--set direction; best film editing; best music--original score; best writing--screenplay based on material from another medium.
National Film Registry selection, 2004.
ISBN:0783252749
9780783252742
1417002115
9781417002115
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, NTSC; Region 1; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.
Cast:
Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Embeth Davidtz, Malgoscha Gebel, Shmulik Levy, Mark Ivanir.