Schindler's List Schindler's List (1993) Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes

Schindler's List Schindler's List (1993) Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes

Schindler's List is an 1993 American epic film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as Schutzstaffel (SS) officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern.

The film was a box office success and recipient of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Score, as well as numerous other awards (7 BAFTAs, 3 Golden Globes). In 2007, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked the film 8th on its list of the 100 best American films of all time (up one position from its 9th place listing on the 1998 list).

Cast
Main

* Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saves the lives of over 1,100 Jews by employing them in his factory.
* Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern, Schindler's accountant and business partner.
* Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth, the main antagonist in the film; Göth is an SS officer assigned to build and run the Płaszów concentration camp, and is befriended by Schindler, though he grows steadily suspicious of Schindler's true aims as the film progresses.
* Embeth Davidtz as Helen Hirsch, a young Jewish woman whom Göth takes to work as his housekeeper, and finds attractive.
* Caroline Goodall as Emilie Schindler, Schindler's wife.
* Jonathan Sagall as Poldek Pfefferberg, a young man who survives with his wife, and provides goods to Schindler from the black market.

Secondary

* Ezra Dagan as Rabbi Lewartow, a rabbi who acquires skills as a welder in Schindler's camp.
* Malgoscha Gebel as Wiktoria Klonowska, Schindler's mistress
* Shmuel Levy as Wilek Chilowicz
* Mark Ivanir as Marcel Goldberg
* Béatrice Macola as Ingrid
* Andrzej Seweryn as Julian Scherner
* Friedrich von Thun as Rolf Czurda
* Krzysztof Luft as Herman Toffel
* Harry Nehring as Leo John
* Norbert Weisser as Albert Hujar
* Adi Nitzan as Mila Pfefferberg, Poldek's Wife.
* Michael Schneider as Juda Dresner
* Miri Fabian as Chaja Dresner
* Anna Mucha as Danka Dresner
* Ben Darby as Man in Grey
* Albert Misak as Mordecai Wulkan
* Hans-Michael Rehberg as Rudolf Höß
* Daniel Del Ponte as Dr. Josef Mengele