Film Analysis of Steven Spielbergs Schindlers List

Introduction Steven Spielbergs 1993 motion picture Schindlers List provides an account involving the Holocaust, an ethnic German businessman interested in exploiting warfare, and an affair during which he realizes that it is up to him to save hundreds of people working in his factory. The films storyline is inspired from Thomas Keneallys 1982 novel Schindlers Ark. This motion picture induces intense feelings in viewers as a result of its narrative and because actors manage to put across authentic acting. The seriousness of the films topic makes it possible for viewers to acknowledge the gravity of the Holocaust and influences them in employing significant concentration when seeing it. The film initially presents a Jewish family as it sings a prayer on the Friday before Sabbath. As the prayer ends the family disappears and viewers are presented with the two candles on the table as they burn out. 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