Oskar Schindler is a vainglorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us.
Written by Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de>
Helen Hirsch is based on Helen Jonas (nee Sternlicht), whose story in shown in the documentary
Inheritance.
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Goofs
Crew or equipment visible:
The scene inside the cellar between Oskar Schindler and the maid, when she faces the camera head on, there is no light coming from the right, yet as the scene progresses and the shot tightens, somebody turns on a light which becomes visible as they cut to her left and her head tilts forward.
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Quotes
[first lines]
[a Hebrew prayer is chanted, followed by a flashback to 1940s Poland]
Krakow registrar:
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Crazy Credits
The theatrical version juxtaposed images from the film of the actors
portraying certain identified "Schindler Jews" as each actual person placed
a stone on Schindler's grave. The VHS version does not use this device,
showing only the actual persons, credited by name.
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