Schindler’s List (1993) - film review

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Schindler’s List is an American war film first released in 1993, directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall and Jonathan Sagall. Our overall rating for this film is: excellent.

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Director: Steven Spielberg
Script: Thomas Keneally, Steven Zaillian
Photo: Janusz Kaminski
Music: John Williams
Cast: Liam Neeson (Oskar Schindler), Ben Kingsley (Itzhak Stern), Ralph Fiennes (Amon Goeth), Caroline Goodall (Emilie Schindler), Jonathan Sagall (Poldek Pfefferberg), Embeth Davidtz (Helen Hirsch), Malgoscha Gebel (Wiktoria Klonowska), Shmuel Levy (Wilek Chilowicz), Mark Ivanir (Marcel Goldberg), Béatrice Macola (Ingrid), Andrzej Seweryn (Julian Scherner), Friedrich von Thun (Rolf Czurda), Krzysztof Luft (Herman Toffel), Harry Nehring (Leo John), Norbert Weisser (Albert Hujar), Adi Nitzan (Mila Pfefferberg), Michael Schneider (Juda Dresner), Miri Fabian (Chaja Dresner), Anna Mucha (Danka Dresner), Albert Misak (Mordecai Wulkan), Michael Gordon (Mr. Nussbaum), Aldona Grochal (Mrs. Nussbaum), Jacek Wójcicki (Henry Rosner), Beata Paluch (Manci Rosner), Piotr Polk (Leo Rosner), Ezra Dagan (Rabbi Menasha Lewartow), Beata Nowak (Rebecca Tannenbaum), Rami Heuberger (Josef Bau), Leopold Kozlowski (Investor), Jerzy Nowak (Investor), Uri Avrahami (Chaim Nowak), Adam Siemion (O.D.), Magdalena Dandourian (Nuisa Horowitz), Pawel Delag (Dolek Horowitz), Shabtai Konorti (Garage Mechanic), Oliwia Dabrowska (Red Genia), Henryk Bista (Mr. Löwenstein), Tadeusz Bradecki (DEF Foreman), Wojciech Klata (Lisiek), Elina Löwensohn (Diana Reiter), Ewa Kolasinska (Irrational Woman), Bettina Kupfer (Regina Perlman), Grzegorz Kwas (Mietek Pemper), Vili Matula (Investigator), Stanislaw Koczanowicz (Doorman), Hans-Jörg Assmann (Julius Madritsch), Geno Lechner (Majola), August Schmölzer (Dieter Reeder), Ludger Pistor (Josef Liepold), Beata Rybotycka (Club Singer), Branko Lustig (Nightclub Maitre D’), Artus Maria Matthiessen (Treblinka Commandant), Hans-Michael Rehberg (Rudolph Hoss), Eugeniusz Priwieziencew (Waiter), Michael Z. Hoffmann (Montelupich Colonel), Erwin Leder (Waffen SS Officer), Jochen Nickel (Wilhelm Kunde), Andrzej Welminski (Dr. Blancke), Daniel Del Ponte (Dr. Josef Mengele), Marian Glinka (DEF SS Officer), Grzegorz Damiecki (SS Sergeant Kunder), Stanislaw Brejdygant (DEF Guard), Olaf Lubaszenko (Auschwitz Guard), Haymon Maria Buttinger (Auschwitz Guard), Peter Appiano (Auschwitz Guard), Jacek Pulanecki (Brinnlitz Guard), Tomasz Dedek (Gestapo Agent), Slawomir Holland (Gestapo Agent), Martin Semmelrogge (Waffen SS Man), Tadeusz Huk (Brinnlitz Gestapo Agent), Gerald Alexander Held (SS Bureaucrat), Piotr Cyrwus (Ukrainian Guard), Joachim Paul Assböck (Klaus Tauber, Gestapo Clerk), Osman Ragheb (Border Guard), Maciej Orlos (German Clerk), Marek Wrona (Toffel’s Secretary), Zbigniew Kozlowski (Scherer’s Secretary), Marcin Grzymowicz (Czurda’s Secretary), Dieter Witting (Bosch), Magdalena Komornicka (Goeth’s Girl), Agnieszka Krukówna (Czurda’s Girl), Anemona Knut (Polish Girl), Jeremy Flynn (Brinnlitz Man), Agnieszka Wagner (Brinnlitz Girl), Jan Jurewicz (Russian Officer), Wieslaw Komasa (Plaszów Depot SS Guard), Maciej Kozlowski (SS Guard, Zablocie), Martin S. Bergmann (SS NCO, Zablocie), Wilhelm Manske (SS NCO, Ghetto), Peter Flechtner (SS NCO, Ghetto), Sigurd Bemme (SS NCO, Ghetto), Etl Szyc (Ghetto Woman), Lucyna Zabawa (Ghetto Woman), Ruth Farhi (Old Jewish Woman), Jerzy Sagan (Old Ghetto Man), Dariusz Szymaniak (Prisoner at Depot), Dirk Bender (Clerk at Depot), Maciej Winkler (Black Marketeer), Radoslaw Krzyzowski (Black Marketeer), Jacek Lenczowski (Black Marketeer), Hanna Kossowska (Ghetto Doctor), Maja Ostaszewska (Frantic Woman), Sebastian Skalski (Stableboy), Ryszard Radwanski (Pankiewicz), Piotr Kadlcik (Man in Pharmacy), Bartek Niebielski (NCO – Plaszów), Thomas Morris (Grun), Sebastian Konrad (Engineer), Lidia Wyrobiec-Bank (Clara Sternberg), Ravit Ferera (Maria Mischel), Agnieszka Korzeniowska (Ghetto Girl), Dominika Bednarczyk (Ghetto Girl), Alicja Kubaszewska (Ghetto Girl), Danny Marcu (Ghetto Man), Hans Rosner (Ghetto Man), Edward Linde-Lubaszenko (Brinnlitz Priest), Alexander Strobele (Monterlupich Prisoner), Georges Kern (Depot Master), Alexander Buczolich (Plaszów SS Guard), Michael Schiller (Plaszów SS Guard), Götz Otto (Plaszów SS Guard), Wolfgang Seidenberg (Plaszów SS Guard), Hubert Kramar (Plaszów SS Guard), Razia Israeli (Plaszów Jewish Girl), Dorit Seadia (Plaszów Jewish Girl), Esti Yerushalmi (Plaszów Jewish Girl), Michelle Csitos, Ryszard Horowitz (Himself – Schindler Mourner), Maciej Kowalewski (Boy), Kamil Krawiec (Little Jewish Boy), Zuzanna Lipiec (Woman), Maria Peszek (Young worker), Leopold Pfefferberg (Himself – Schindler Mourner), Leopold Rosner (Himself – Schindler Mourner), Emilie Schindler (Herself – Schindler Mourner), Katarzyna Smiechowicz (German Girl)
Country: USA
Language: English / Hebrew / German / Polish
Runtime: 195 min; B&W

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