a strong testament to the Holocaust and Herr Schindler

Rating: Null/10 (19 June 2002)

Schindler's List both conveys the horrors of the Holocaust and depicts the life of unlikely hero Oskar Schindler, a German businessman (and member of the Nazi Party), who begins to sympathize with the Jews when he realizes the true scope of their suffering and ultimately saves 1100 of them from Auschwitz. Liam Neeson plays Schindler excellently, and Ralph Fiennes is just as good as the vile Nazi Goeth. With a movie that so graphically (occasionally almost to an unwatchable extent) portrays the Holocaust and the unspeakable crimes of the Nazis, it was nice that it had the character of Herr Schindler to show that not all Germans were in support of this and that some Germans went against the Nazis and saved lives, a fact that is rarely mentioned in Holocaust films or anywhere else. I'm not sure if "enjoyed" is the right word, but I'm certainly glad I saw this important piece of cinema.