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Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 23866 | Universal12191 | UniversalLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Series: Jewish heritage video collectionPublication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal, c2004.Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 196 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0783297289
  • 9780783297286
  • 1417002107
  • 9781417002108
Uniform titles:
  • Schindler's list (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.H53 S3 2004
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; film edited by Michael Kahn ; music by John Williams ; violin solos by Itzhak Perlman ; costume designer, Anna Biedrzycka-Sheppard ; consultant, Leopold Page ; art directors, Ewa Skoczkowska, Maciej Walczak.
Awards:
  • Academy Award, 1994: Best director; best picture; best cinematography; best art direction-set direction; best film editing; best music-original score; best writing-screenplay based on material from another medium.
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Embeth Davidtz.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 tries to stay solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant and negotiates business with a vicious Nazi commandant who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony of his villa that overlooks the prison camp he commands.
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VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000416126

Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993.

Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; film edited by Michael Kahn ; music by John Williams ; violin solos by Itzhak Perlman ; costume designer, Anna Biedrzycka-Sheppard ; consultant, Leopold Page ; art directors, Ewa Skoczkowska, Maciej Walczak.

Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Embeth Davidtz.

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 tries to stay solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant and negotiates business with a vicious Nazi commandant who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony of his villa that overlooks the prison camp he commands.

MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexuality, and actuality violence.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, DTS; dual-layer, double-sided disc.

In English (5.1 Dolby or 5.1 DTS Surround) ; optional dubbed French (5.1 Dolby surround) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 5.1 surround) dialogue tracks ; optional French or Spanish subtitles ; optional English closed captions.

Academy Award, 1994: Best director; best picture; best cinematography; best art direction-set direction; best film editing; best music-original score; best writing-screenplay based on material from another medium.

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