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Liam Neeson | ... | ||
Ben Kingsley | ... | ||
Ralph Fiennes | ... | ||
Caroline Goodall | ... | ||
Jonathan Sagall | ... |
Poldek Pfefferberg
(as Jonathan Sagalle)
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Embeth Davidtz | ... | ||
Malgorzata Gebel | ... |
Wiktoria Klonowska
(as Malgoscha Gebel)
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Shmuel Levy | ... |
Wilek Chilowicz
(as Shmulik Levy)
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Mark Ivanir | ... | ||
Béatrice Macola | ... |
Ingrid
(as Beatrice Macola)
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Andrzej Seweryn | ... | ||
Friedrich von Thun | ... |
Rolf Czurda
(as Friedrich Von Thun)
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Krzysztof Luft | ... | ||
Harry Nehring | ... | ||
Norbert Weisser | ... |
Oskar Schindler is a vainglorious and greedy German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric German 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, it is a testament to the good in all of us. Written by Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de>
As a (Jewish) professor of mine once said, "Spielberg doesn't have a glimmer of what it would take to do this material right." Don't be suckered by the subject matter--it's still schlockified for mass consumption. And worse still, it's likely the reason why every year since then we have to put up with some sappy Spielberg backed Holocaust movie or documentary winning another Oscar. Is this really how we want to respond emotionally, intellectually and otherwise?