An impressive and
disturbing movie, released in
1993, directed by
Steven Spielberg.
Heralded by some as one of the most powerful movies of all time, though depressing at the same time. It tells the
compelling true story of the
German businessman Oskar Schindler who comes to
Nazi-occupied
Poland looking for economic
prosperity and leaves as a savior of more than 1,100
Jews. A charming and
sly entrepreneur, Schindler bribes and befriends the
Nazi authorities to gain control of a factory in
Krakow by
aryanization, which he staffs with
Jewish slave - laborers, and soon he is making a fortune. But among the Jews who work for him is Itzhak Stern, the
plant manager, who in his
benevolence sees to it that Schindler's
workforce includes the most vulnerable and
cherished members of
Krakow's Jewish
community.
The movie was voted as the best picture of 1993, and every aspect of it is first rate (e.g., the music which was composed by
John Williams). Director
Steven Spielberg managed to
silence many of his critics with this film.