Schindler's List
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Written by Steven Zaillian
Universal Pictures
In Theaters: December 15, 1993
On DVD: March 9, 2004
Awards: Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in Supporting Role, Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published & many more
Schindler's List is a true story and is also based on a novel called Schindler's Ark written by Thomas Keneally. It is the story of a wealthy man by the name of Oskar Schindler. He was a business man and a womanizer. Oskar Schindler saved the lives of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. He put these jews to work in his factories that were in Krakow. Many of the scenes involved in the movie are exactly alike the events that actually happened.
The director, Steven Spielberg once said in an interview, "I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back. I spent more research time on this project than I had on any previous film, but of course my films were never based on anything that actually happened. So, I was enthusiastic about going to Poland. I needed to go for inspiration. I only knew Schindler's List from the novel and now I wanted to know it from the survivors and from the actual historical landmarks. So, I went there for that reason. And I came back as excited as I've ever been about a subject that doesn't excite me, but pains me. I always knew these things happened, but it's different when you actually see the sign "Pomorska Street," and you know all the horrible things that happened on Pomorska Street, but there's the sign and there's Schindler's actual apartment, there's Amon Goeth's actual villa where he stayed. And to touch history, to put my hand on 600-year-old masonry, and to step back from it and look at my feet and know that I was standing where, as a Jew, I couldn't have stood 50 years ago, was a profound moment for me as a re-creator of an incident in history; it meant more to me as a Jew. So, I went there the first time to research a movie and wound up researching my own Judaism."
http://www.insidefilm.com/spielberg.html
The director, Steven Spielberg once said in an interview, "I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back. I spent more research time on this project than I had on any previous film, but of course my films were never based on anything that actually happened. So, I was enthusiastic about going to Poland. I needed to go for inspiration. I only knew Schindler's List from the novel and now I wanted to know it from the survivors and from the actual historical landmarks. So, I went there for that reason. And I came back as excited as I've ever been about a subject that doesn't excite me, but pains me. I always knew these things happened, but it's different when you actually see the sign "Pomorska Street," and you know all the horrible things that happened on Pomorska Street, but there's the sign and there's Schindler's actual apartment, there's Amon Goeth's actual villa where he stayed. And to touch history, to put my hand on 600-year-old masonry, and to step back from it and look at my feet and know that I was standing where, as a Jew, I couldn't have stood 50 years ago, was a profound moment for me as a re-creator of an incident in history; it meant more to me as a Jew. So, I went there the first time to research a movie and wound up researching my own Judaism."
http://www.insidefilm.com/spielberg.html