Schindler's List
| Schindler's List | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
|
|
| Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
| Produced by |
|
| Screenplay by | Steven Zaillian |
| Based on |
Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally |
| Starring | |
| Music by | John Williams |
| Cinematography | Janusz Kamiński |
| Edited by | Michael Kahn |
|
Production
company |
|
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
|
Release date
|
|
|
Running time
|
197 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $22 million |
| Box office | $321.2 million |
Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic historical period drama film, directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and scripted by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist, Thomas Keneally. The film relates a period in the life of Oskar Schindler, an ethnic German businessman, during which he saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as Schutzstaffel (SS) officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern.
Ideas for a film about the Schindlerjuden (Schindler Jews) were proposed as early as 1963. Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the Schindlerjuden, made it his life's mission to tell the story of Schindler. Spielberg became interested in the story when executive Sid Sheinberg sent him a book review of Schindler's Ark. Universal Studios bought the rights to the novel, but Spielberg, unsure if he was ready to make a film about the Holocaust, tried to pass the project to several other directors before finally deciding to direct the film himself.
Principal photography took place in Kraków, Poland, over the course of 72 days in 1993. Spielberg shot the film in black and white and approached it as a documentary. Cinematographer Janusz Kamiński wanted to give the film a sense of timelessness. John Williams composed the score, and violinist Itzhak Perlman performs the film's main theme.
...
Wikipedia