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DVD : Schindler's List [1993]

starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Embeth Davidtz, Ben Kingsley
directed by: Steven Spielberg


Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Binding: DVD EAN: 5050582333268 Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, PAL Label: Universal Pictures UK Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Pictures UK Region Code: 2 Release Date: February 20, 2006 Running Time: 187 minutes Sales Rank: 345 Studio: Universal Pictures UK Theatrical Release Date: 1993	List Price: £24.99 Amazon.co.uk's Price: £6.98 You Save: £18.01 (72%) Prices subject to change.
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Amazon.co.uk Review:
Steven Spielberg had a banner year in 1993. He scored one of his biggest commercial hits that summer with the mega-hit Jurassic Park, but it was the artistic and critical triumph of Schindler's List that Spielberg called 'the most satisfying experience of my career.' Adapted from the best-selling book by Thomas Keneally and filmed in Poland with an emphasis on absolute authenticity, Spielberg's masterpiece ranks among the greatest films ever made about the Holocaust during World War II. It's a film about heroism with an unlikely hero at its center--Catholic war profiteer Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), who risked his life and went bankrupt to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps.

By employing Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army, Schindler ensures their survival against terrifying odds. At the same time, he must remain solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant (Ben Kingsley) and negotiate business with a vicious, obstinate Nazi commandant (Ralph Fiennes) who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony of his villa overlooking a prison camp. Schindler's List gains much of its power not by trying to explain Schindler's motivations, but by dramatising the delicate diplomacy and determination with which he carried out his generous deeds. As a drinker and womaniser who thought nothing of associating with Nazis, Schindler was hardly a model of decency; the film is largely about his transformation in response to the horror around him. Spielberg doesn't flinch from that horror, and the result is a film that combines remarkable humanity with abhorrent inhumanity--a film that functions as a powerful history lesson and a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the context of a living nightmare. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A must see
There isn't much to say about this film really, it speaks for itself. Everyone should see this film in their lifetime. Just one small part of the story of the holocaust, yet touching and amazing that one man can do so much. We should all know a bit about this epically tragic period, why not let spielberg and neeson guide you through.

Rating:

- "There are eleven hundred people alive because of you, look at them."
This is, without a doubt, one of the greatest and most heartwrenchingly moving films i have ever seen. Spielberg lends his mastery of filmmaking to do great justice to the true story of Oskar Shindler, a memer of the Nazi party who saved more than 11 thousand jews during the holocaust and the suffering of the jews during the second world war.

Staring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes this 3 hour film, with the help of beautiful cinematography and skillful acting, draws the ... Read More

Rating:

- Literally awesome
I'd been wanting to see this film for ages but never got around to it, i bought it about a week and a half ago, looking at the reverse i was schoked at the fact that it was 3 hours long! I have a really short attention span, and it was also in black and white, which i thought would put me off. Usually i watch films and work through them or talk to friends nose around on teh computer etc but after watching about half an hour of this film i couldn't tear myself away, i completely neglected my laptop ... Read More

Rating:

- A dedication
Oskar Schindler was a maverick Sudeten German industrialist, who put his life and livelihood on the line to save 6,000 Jews from the Nazi death machine.

This is his story, but not his story alone. It is also the story of the 6 million Jews who perished in Hitler's holocaust, and the 6 000 who where saved by Oscar Schindler.
The movie is masterfully portrayed, and was indeed true to the book by Thomas Keneally.
It is three harrowing hours about the unspeakable horrors visited ... Read More

Rating:

- Well worth watching, but lacks emotion for most of the film
It's taken me 15 years to watch this film and I'm pleased that I have, Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) essentially puts together a list of 1,100 Jewish people whom he has used his personal fortune to essentially buy from the Nazis.

For me the first 2 hours mainly goes by without much incident and feel that much of this could easily have been cut from the general release at least, after this however this does get better with the final half hour being by far the most interesting and emotional part ... Read More

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