Schindler's list

Resource Information

The work Schindler's list represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Schindler's list

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures presents an Amblin Entertainment production ; producers, Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen, Steven Spielberg ; writer, Steven Zaillian ; director, Steven Spielberg

Contributor

• Amblin Entertainment (Firm)
• Amblin Entertainment (Firm)
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Davidtz, Embeth, 1966-
• Davidtz, Embeth, 1966-
• Fiennes, Ralph
• Fiennes, Ralph
• Goodall, Caroline, 1959-
• Goodall, Caroline, 1959-
• Keneally, Thomas
• Keneally, Thomas
• Kingsley, Ben, 1943-
• Kingsley, Ben, 1943-
• Lustig, Branko
• Lustig, Branko
• Molen, Gerald R
• Molen, Gerald R
• Neeson, Liam
• Neeson, Liam
• Sagalle, Jonathan
• Sagalle, Jonathan
• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
• Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
• Williams, John, 1932-
• Williams, John, 1932-
• Zaillian, Steven
• Zaillian, Steven

Subject

• Biographical films
• Biographical films
• Drama
• Drama
• Feature films -- United States
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Czech Republic | Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) -- Drama
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Czech Republic | Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) -- Drama
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland | Kraków -- Drama
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland | Kraków -- Drama
• Popular movies
• Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland | Kraków -- Drama
• Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Poland | Kraków -- Drama
• Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974 -- Drama
• Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974 -- Drama
• Video recordings
• Video recordings
• Videorecording
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Czech Republic | Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Czech Republic | Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Poland | Kraków -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | Rescue -- Poland | Kraków -- Drama

Genre

• Biographical films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

The story of a Catholic war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and went bankrupt in order to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps. He employed Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army. At the same time he tries to stay solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant and negotiates business with a vicious Nazi commandant who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony of his villa that overlooks the prison camp he commands

Awards note

Academy Award, 1994: Best director; best picture; best cinematography; best art direction-set direction; best film editing; best music-original score; best writing-screenplay based on material from another medium

Cataloging source

JED

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; art directors, Ewa Skoczkowska, Maciej Walczak ; editor, Michael Kahn ; original music, John Williams ; costume designer, Anna B. Sheppard ; production designer, Allan Starski

Language note

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue ; optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Embeth Davidtz

Runtime

196

Target audience

general

Technique

live action