Oskar Werner

Important to acknowledge at the outset that Herzog is not a young man. He's the same age as Scorsese and note how long it's been since Scorsese settled on being an illustrator, a lifetime. Herzog as recently as a few years ago was still venturing out in search. Having said that, it's hard to fathom this was made by the same man who gave us Stroszek and Fitzcarraldo. In those, the place was real. The protagonists were actual lost souls, not actors feigning. The journey was about actually going…

directors to shun the old film making ways and bring new life to the film industry. These films were normally low budget, artistic masterpieces that depicted the medium in a fresh perspective. One of the large proponents of this movement was Werner Herzog. Werner Herzog was a man who had a very interesting approach to everything he did, but in most of Herzog’s…

Life is full of decisions, and one bad one will determine one’s fate. When one is raised not knowing right from wrong, he or she is bound to make a poor decision. In Werner Herzog’s film, Into the Abyss, released in 2011, two young teenagers make a horrible decision that affects the rest of their lives. Both of these boys, having been raised poorly, do not know better than to do something as atrocious as murder. When Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, the two teenage boys, see a nice car in…

put out even more inspiring media. This “good media” helps to inspire others to do good around the world. Schindler’s list is an example of media that inspires others. This movie depicts the horrible atrocities of the Holocaust and how one man, Oskar Schindler, was able to rescue some jewish people who would otherwise be murdered in concentration camps. The content of the movie itself is rather depressing in the context of the Holocaust, however when you take the perspective of the amount of…

the story of Elie Wiesel and his experience as a jew during the holocaust as well as how Elie took care of his dad and tried to survive for the both of them. Schindler's list takes a different approach and shows the Holocaust in the point of view of Oskar Schindler; a member of the Nazi party. The goal of this paper is to compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the themes and characters of Night and Schindler's…

determination when he bribed the Nazi soldiers into letting the women go. He interjected with “What are you doing with these people? These are my people.” This was the only shipment of people to leave Auschwitz during the entire war. This shows what lengths Oskar Schindler would go to for the safety and well-being of his workers. The workers he cared for at Emalia were at Plaszow Concentration Camp, subjected to numerous acts of brutality and murder, Schindler personally intervened repeatedly…

Jewish Holocaust was not only a horrific event, it was one that will always be remembered. One brave man, Oskar Schindler, did as much as he could to save the Jewish people of Krakow from the misery of the Nazis. Oskar Schindler not only saved Jewish people from concentration camps and ghettos, but he also helped to nourish them and fought to keep them alive in his factory. Throughout the war, Oskar Schindler brought in many Jewish people to work for him. These people came to his factory…

battle between a multitude forces and in the midst of it many courageous men and women acted heroically, but there is one man in particular that went out of his way to do what was right and just, even when it put his own life in peril. The story of Oskar Schindler is a powerful one; he was…

The Girl’s Scene with the Red Coat in Schindler 's List The scene featuring the girl with the red coat in Schindler 's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993) is of the most recognizable scenes in late twentieth century cinema. It is often understood to encapsulate key aspects of the Holocaust, its brutality, and its effects on the lives of the people caught up within it. At the time, the scene deals with the paradoxes of memory, memorial and what may appear to be a sense of personal inability when…

Oskar Schindler: Helping the Jews “Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invicible [sic]. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed” (Rick Riordan). Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Zwittau, Czechoslovakia. He was a German industrialist and former member of the Nazi party. He helped rescue more than 1,200 Jews from being killed or controlled by the Nazis. Although Oskar Schindler made poor decisions in his early years such as alcoholism and womanizing,…