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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 tried to stay solvent...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Schindler's list (Motion picture).
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm), Amblin Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Spielberg, Steven, 1946-, Zaillian, Steven, Neeson, Liam, Kingsley, Ben, 1943-, Fiennes, Ralph, Goodall, Caroline, 1959-, Sagalle, Jonathan, Davidtz, Embeth, 1966-, Williams, John, 1932-, Keneally, Thomas
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. Soundtracks: English (5.1 Dolby digital and DTS surround), French (5.1 Dolby digital), and Spanish (5.1 Dolby digital), with optional subtitles in French and Spanish.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal, [2004]
Edition:Widescreen.
Subjects:
Historical films.
Schindler, Oskar, > 1908-1974 > Drama.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust > Poland > Kraków > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Poland > Kraków > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Czech Republic > Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) > Drama.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Kraków > Drama.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Czech Republic > Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) > Drama.
War films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
Description
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 tried to stay solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant and negotiated business with a vicious Nazi commandant who enjoyed shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony of his villa that overlooked the prison camp he commanded.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993.
Based on the book by Thomas Keneally.
Dual layer/dual sided.
Aspect ratio 1.85:1 (anamorphic widescreen format).
Digitally enhanced picture.
Special features: Voices from the list -- The Shoah Foundation story with Steven Spielberg -- And more.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (3 hr., 16 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Format:DVD.
Audience:MPAA rating: R. Special features not rated.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1993: Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielberg), Best Adapted Screenplay (Steve Zaillian), Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), Best Editing (Michael Kahn), Best Score (John Williams), Best Art Direction (Allan Starski)
Production Credits: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.
ISBN:0783297289