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Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2015)

Review on Schindler's list The highly emotional movie Schindler's list (1993) is inspired by the novel "Schindler's Ark" by Thomas Keneally, that was based on real events. During World War II Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews through the use of powerful nazi friends. Holocaust survivor Poldek Pfefferberg was one of the jews that was saved by Schindler and he inspired the Keneally with his first hand experience of these events. The film, which is directed by the epic Steven Spielberg, has received seven Oscars and is also rated seventh of all movies ever on the site IMDb, which I think shows how great this movie truly is.
Schindler's list can be placed within the categories drama, history or biography. The movie is mainly focused on the character Oskar Schindler, played by Liam Neeson, a business man who hires Jews because they are cheaper employers than other ones. In the beginning it is all about the money but after Schindler gets to know some of the Jews he eventually gets an entirely different goal for his business; to save his employees from Hitler. I think this development of Schindler is significant, not only for his employees but also himself. He evolves from caring about his own wealth and women to prioritizing other people and ultimately becoming a better person. Another important character is Amon Goeth, played by Ralph Fiennes, a highly ranked nazi.
I think the purpose of this movie is to elucidate and educate people on these horrendous events during World War II. Perhaps its meaning is to give us hope and show us that there will always be good hearted people. From watching this movie I think we can learn a lot about important parts of our history, but also about solidarity. I think it is important to be aware of how hard it must have been to save all those people and how great Schindler truly was! In the movie you could see he had a lot of obstacles.
One thing I really liked with the movie was that it was in black and white because it is really rare nowadays and it makes the movie unique. It also created an illusion that made the movie more realistic and, if possible, even more sad. An explanation Spielberg gave to why the movie was in black and white was that all the documentaries he had seen about the holocaust were in black and white and that he wanted Schindler's list to be in this documentary style so people could understand that the events in this movie were real.
At the end of the movie you could see the real persons that Schindler saved. They walked to Schindler's grave and put a rose on it together with the actors/actresses that played them in the movie. I think this was a great ending of the movie to give the viewers some perspective and show them that the second world war did not happen that long ago. Oscar Schindler and this movie based on his great accomplishments shows us that one man can make a difference and that gives all of us a little hope in this cold hearted world of ours.