One of the best movie Steven Spielberg has directed, Schindler’s List, is a true to life story about Oskar Schindler. The millionaire who saved 1,100 lives in exchange to his fortune.
The film took place in Poland during the 1940’s where Holocaust happened.
Oskar Schindler, a businessman who hires Jewish slaves to become his workers for his factory in making kitchen utensils. In such business, he witnessed the unjustly treatment of the Nazi officers towards the Jews. Witnessing such cruelty, Oskar Schindler continued hiring slave Jews in order to be saved from cruelty.
On the other hand, Amon Goeth, the commander of the Nazi officers, is the antagonist in the picture. He randomly shots the innocent Jews, regardless of age and gender, whenever he feels like doing so. Because of this, Goeth’s camp was labelled as a “death camp” while Schindler’s camp was labelled as a “haven” by the Jews.
As the brutality has gotten worse, Schindler gradually developed his sense of conscience and moral. Through this, he decided to sacrifice his fortune and bribe the Nazi officers in exchange for the lives of the Jews. In saving such lives, Schindler became broke and was even forced to hide from the government after the war. But even though these things happened, he still felt sorry for he could save more lives if he didn’t wasted his money before.
Before he left, the Jews decided to give him a ring with “whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.”
Honestly speaking, I find the movie a bit boring but not until the part when Amon Goeth started killing some of the Jews. This one really got my attention and made me feel sorry for the victims. On the other hand, the black and white style of the movie also helped the viewers feel like they are really part of the movie and made them feel like they are also in the 1940’s era.
A number of symbolisms can be found in this film. Some of these are the girl in a red coat, the candle, and the list itself. The girl in a red coat symbolizes the change of heart and mind of Oskar Schindler. When Schindler saw the dead girl, he got really shock and felt sorry for she was only a girl. Another symbolism of the movie is the candle. Its smoke symbolizes the bodies of the innocent Jews who were burnt. Lastly, the list does not only represent the lives who were saved but also the hope for the Jews to live peacefully especially to the saved ones.
Generally speaking, this three hour movie is really a great one and is really worth it. In my case, although I was already aware about this tragic event, the movie gave me a clearer picture on such situation. It also gave a highlight on the issue of racism. Although it still exist nowadays, it’s still good to think that it’s not that rampant and violent. Also, slavery nowadays fortunately doesn’t exist.
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