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Schindler’s List
Set the Scene
Schindlers List is a film based on a true story. It is about a man called Oskar Schindler who saved the lives of 11—Jewish people during the Second World War. Schindler was a factory owner who used Jewish slave labour to earn himself a fortune. Gradually, he comes to realise what is happening to his workers as we see the building of the Concentration Camp, the liquidation of the Krakow Ghetto and the transportation of his workface to Auschwitz. The film is shot in black and white and is regarded as Director Steven Spielberg’s greatest film.
Scenes
Scene 1- Schindler tries to find his accountant, Itzak Stern, on a train.
This is the opening scene. Schindler was pacing up and down the train station trying to find his accountant, Itzak Stern because he has just been told that Itzak is on ‘the list’. Shouting out orders, demanding to find Itzak Stern, he then orders guards to help him and after a while he finds his Jewish accountant. As viewers of the film and historians, we realise that Itzak Stern was on ‘the list’ and about to be sent to a death camp by train, as he was Jewish. The film then moved into a warehouse, guards and Jews are searching Jewish luggage to look for valuable belongings to sell to compensate for the wars expenses. What we appreciate from this scene is, Oskar Schindler is powerful, gets what he wants but also selfish as he stated a quote that portrayed that he only saved Stern because of the inconvenience it would have brought him. The reliability of this scene is good as in the memory of the camps we were shown a train with numerous Jews on being sent to a death camp. Also records and ‘artefacts’ have proved that Itzak Stern was a real person and was Schindlers accountant. I have researched numerous sources like http://www.history.co.uk/explore-history/ww2/appeasement.html and discovered that in WW2 they did sell jewish belongings, this contributes to this scenes reliability.
Scene 2-The arrival of Amon
Set the Scene
Schindlers List is a film based on a true story. It is about a man called Oskar Schindler who saved the lives of 11—Jewish people during the Second World War. Schindler was a factory owner who used Jewish slave labour to earn himself a fortune. Gradually, he comes to realise what is happening to his workers as we see the building of the Concentration Camp, the liquidation of the Krakow Ghetto and the transportation of his workface to Auschwitz. The film is shot in black and white and is regarded as Director Steven Spielberg’s greatest film.
Scenes
Scene 1- Schindler tries to find his accountant, Itzak Stern, on a train.
This is the opening scene. Schindler was pacing up and down the train station trying to find his accountant, Itzak Stern because he has just been told that Itzak is on ‘the list’. Shouting out orders, demanding to find Itzak Stern, he then orders guards to help him and after a while he finds his Jewish accountant. As viewers of the film and historians, we realise that Itzak Stern was on ‘the list’ and about to be sent to a death camp by train, as he was Jewish. The film then moved into a warehouse, guards and Jews are searching Jewish luggage to look for valuable belongings to sell to compensate for the wars expenses. What we appreciate from this scene is, Oskar Schindler is powerful, gets what he wants but also selfish as he stated a quote that portrayed that he only saved Stern because of the inconvenience it would have brought him. The reliability of this scene is good as in the memory of the camps we were shown a train with numerous Jews on being sent to a death camp. Also records and ‘artefacts’ have proved that Itzak Stern was a real person and was Schindlers accountant. I have researched numerous sources like http://www.history.co.uk/explore-history/ww2/appeasement.html and discovered that in WW2 they did sell jewish belongings, this contributes to this scenes reliability.
Scene 2-The arrival of Amon