Schindlers list drama war military history 2. During world war ii a rebellious us. The film presents the indelible true story of oskar schindler a member of the nazi party womanizer and war profiteer who saved the lives of more than 1100 jews during the. The vatican named schindlers list among the most important 45 films ever made. Although the krakow ghetto is one of the few jewish ghettos that were not demolished during the second world war and retained nearly the same historical appearance until today the scenes for the schindlers list were not filmed within the podgorze area where the ghetto was in fact located.
The true story of how businessman oskar schindler saved over a thousand jewish lives from the nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during world war ii. A channel 4 poll named schindlers list the ninth greatest film of all time and it ranked fourth in their 2005 war films poll. Ben affleck kate beckinsale josh hartnett william lee scott. 1 it trails lawrence of arabia and ben hur but is ahead of gone with the wind spartacus titanic reds and the ten commandments on that list.
95 out of 10 with 1107304 votes. Oskar schindler was a german industrialist during world war ii who sheltered approximately 1100 jews from the nazis by employing them in his factories. Michael bay stars. Lee marvin ernest borgnine charles bronson john cassavetes.
That schindlers list is on the american film institute s list of top ten epics is rs. Most popular war movies. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous sunday morning in 1941. Robert aldrich stars.
A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. However is schindlers list generally described as an epic. Schindlers list a steven spielberg film is a cinematic masterpiece that has become on of the most honoured films of all time. Army major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of german officers.
Schindlers list 1993 rated. The film was named the best of 1993 by critics such as james berardinelli roger ebert and gene siskel.