Schindler's List

A world classic from Steven Spielberg. 1993 B&W movie, discussing Nazism and the atrocities towards Jews. The three-hour movie portrays the story from the beginning of massacre of Jews and to the end of the War and liberation of Jews.

Schindler's a businessman, who tried a number of businesses tries his luck on saving some Jews – the best and healthy ones – to open a factory, where he can use these Jews free of cost. The Jews too wished to join Schindler's factory.

Visual treat by Spielberg remains until the last scene and shot of the film. The depth and treatment of the concept, makes the film worth a watch and doesn't make it boring. Germans are given the role of protagonist in the film and Jews given a lower status. Schindler's even though a German, uses the opportunity to save the best Jews for his company, tries to make profit as he doesn't have to pay for the labour. There were no Jew who enjoyed a higher status instead everyone was treated as same, but Schindler's accountant, even though a Jew enjoyed a higher status as he was loyal and good at his work, and Schindler reckon him than anyone else. And, hence Schindler saves him at times when he nabbed by the  German army. Another Jew who enjoys a similar position is the maid to the German chief soldier.

The intelligence and cleverness of Jews and their selfish attitude portrayed in the shows how they fought a silent war against the holocaust. Each Jew tries to save himself and his family, and never spare space for another Jew, among kids as well as the older Jews.

But towards the end of the film there is a gradual change of attitude, where the of Jews (Schindler's Jews) pay adieu to their protector (Schindler) as the war ended and they (Jews) were free and liberated.

Wide shots and long-range shots in the film show the mass number of Jews being butchered and slaughtered. Murders committed by the army being shot in close up shots, where the killings are all from a close range –shot on head- shows the brutality of the Nazis.

Even the attitude of German people portrays the propagandistic power of Hitler, where in one instance a German girl shots ‘good-bye Jews' and in another instance a tracking shot of  Jews vacating their homes are pelt with mud and dirt. 

The whole film is a visual treat of another side of the holocaust, where a Schindler's selfish attitude saves a few Jews and in turn he saves a race from extinction.