Schindler's List movie reveiw

The movie starts out in a Jewish family's house. They are reciting in prayer for the Sabbath day around a table full of lit candles. When the Jews are gone from the house the candles slowly burn out.

Poland was defeated by German forces in a matter of weeks. When the Germans take control of Poland, the Jews are forced out of their homes to report to the train station, where their names are registered. Well over 10,000 Jews are being shipped off to Krakow. People tease and yell at any Jew they see in the street. There is even a little girl screaming "Goodbye Jews" repeatedly as the line of Jews is moving and kids are throwing dirt at them.

The ghetto, Krakow, is overcrowded

Under Sterns influence, Schindler has come to feel pity and responsibility toward his workers, and when the Nazis confine all Jews to a forced labor camp commanded by Amon Goeth, Schindler volunteers to keep "his Jews" confined at the factory.

The main characters are Oskar Schindler played by Liam Neeson, Itzhak Stern by Ben Kingsley; Amon Goeth played by Ralph Fiennes. Often, the experiences of the minor characters provide the most lasting images. Helen's story (Embeth Davidtz) is memorable, as is the case of little Danka Dresner (Anna Mucha) and her mother as they try to avoid death while staying together. There's a Jewish couple that marries in the Plaszow camp, even though their chances of survival are very slim, and a Rabbi who survives a close encounter with a Nazi gun.

The next morning, the people are gathered outside and information on their education and working experiences are reported. Some of the Jewish people that can't be used for work are loaded into trucks and sent off to concentration camps. Some of the Jews that are able to work will soon report to Schindler's factory.

Evacuation orders are received. All the Jews from Plaszow are being moved to a different camp to avoid the advancing Russians. But Schindler creates a desperate plan. Digging deeper into his fortune, he constructs a new factory farther west and bargains with Goeth to "buy" all the Jewish workers he will need to staff it. With Stern, he draws up a list of names, "Schindler's List", consisting of more than 1,100 men, women and children. He races against time to save them. In the end, through impossible luck and strong determination, Schindler rescues "his Jews" - the Schindlerjuden, as they will call themselves. Schindler has little left but his car and the clothes on his back. He even gives his clothes to one of his workers before driving off to escape the fast moving Red army. Schindler must flee from the allies, but before he does he is awarded two presents from the Jewish workers. The first is a gold ring that one of the Jews agreed to having his gold tooth pulled to make. The second is a signed paper that every factory worker signed, stating that Schindler saved them from the gas chambers and provided well for them. At this, Schindler is in tears, and wonders why he did not sell his car and his medals to buy more Jews.

Oskar starts to make his new factory known by sending baskets full of goods to many German leaders. That's how he starts making friends , by buying them drinks in the restaurant and taking pictures with them when their drunk. The Jews begin their work in the factory and learn how to make pots and pans. These workers are very grateful to Oskar for the jobs because it keeps them out of the camps and alive. A one-armed man personally thanks Oskar for his job.

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