You should be aware that this film is derived from the tyranny that the Jewish people experienced during the second World War. This is the story, though, of a German businessman that intends to exploit the cheap labor of the oppressed Jews during this time. He has a considerable change of heart though, and does not have the heart do to anything but save them after then.
What you might not have realized, is that this movie was based on real events. So many different times movies say that they were based on real life events, but this is a loose base if anything at all. This motion picture, on the other hand, was literally a fair retelling of the events that transpired around Oskar Schindler and his commitment to humanitarianism.
This vision from Steven Spielberg is not unlike his other masterful creations, which both have the power to inspire while giving the audience something that they have never seen before. For instance, apart from the Wizard of Oz no other movie has gone completely from black and white to a full (present day) color scheme. Certainly not just to demonstrate the difference in time periods anyway.
The tagline for this film was a great representation of the whole premise of the film itself. This line was "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire." This was the mission and work of Oskar Schindler, who was able to save around 1,100 Jewish people from a terrible fate at the violent concentration camp, Auschwitz. You are able to walk step by step with Schindler from wanting to exploit them for profit to wanting to save all of their lives.
The plot centers around Schindler using Jews to start a factory in Poland in the middle of the war that was raging on. He is able to save some of them by placing them on a list of workers that were acclaimed to be too good to be destroyed by sending them off on the next train to Auschwitz. So, by keeping them on this list and through numerous bribes to Nazi officials to turn their heads (which leaves him broke), Schindler is able to save nearly 1100 Jewish men, women and children.
A powerful performance by Liam Neeson brings Oskar Schindler to life. Other supporting roles also made a great impact on the climaxes and drama of the film. Performances from Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern and Ralph Fiennes as the rigid German Amon Goeth.
At the end of the film, Schindler is in the middle of an intense discussion with Stern. He desperately tells him that he knows in his heart that he could have saved more than he did. He could have sold his car, or saved more money, he could have saved more than he did. This is enough to inspire anyone to rethink how they can value a human life, and it took Oskar Schindler a while to understand himself. Schindlers List was an inspiration and a classic, one that everyone should see and experience.
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