Oskar Werner

1. Who are the three main characters and the most important subordinate characters? Oskar Schindler, Itzhak Stern, Amon Goeth was the 3 main characters. Helen Hirsch, Julian Scherner, Herman Toffel are some of the subordinate characters. 2. Make a character analysis of the main characters. Oskar Schindler is a Nazis. He moves to Poland, to starts his own factory. He meets this Jew, who helps him find contacts, and workers to his new factory. At first he doesn’t like the jews, but in the end…

Steven Spielberg’s impeccable capturing of the Holocaust makes viewers feel as though they are in Schindler’s List. Liam Neeson delivers an extraordinary performance in the title role of Oskar Schindler, the Catholic German businessman, who initially exploited Krakow Jews and later became their friend, protector, and savior from the Nazis. Spielberg made sure that neither he nor the Holocaust will ever be thought of in the same way again. Schindler’s List is a masterpiece with astonishing…

The Light of Oskar Schindler Amid the endless darkness of horrors during the Holocaust, a meager light shown, giving hope to those that were dispirited. The light was Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party. He saved the lives of many Jews during the Holocaust. Like many others, Oskar Schindler proved that people can change the world. Whether they form movements or change the world on their own, the legacies they make are important. A person or movement’s legacy can be atrocious, or it can…

Schindler, the Modern Tragic Hero Centuries ago a King named Creon who was very prideful and made some mistakes in his rein as King. Oscar Schindler was a business man who at first slaved Jews to work for him but later on went to save hundreds of Jews. Creon and Schindler ruled much differently but has similar characteristics of a tragic hero. These similar traits are flaw or error in judgement, reversal of fortune, fate was more than deserved, excessive pride, discovery of recognition. First,…

involving a far from perfect, Nazi man. Oskar Schindler was many things such as war profiteer, womanizer, and Nazi Party member before he became the unlikely hero and saviour of about 1,100 Polish Jews during the Holocaust, this film has many attributes that allow the audience to feel exactly what the persecuted Jews felt, some of these attributes include camera angles, colouring and characterisation and representation. Spielberg’s representation of Oskar Schindler was affective and…

Stephen Spielberg contribution to the Holocaust Stephen Spielberg’s 1994 film Schindler’s list was honoured seven Academy Awards as well as three Golden Globes and twenty high denomination awards by 1995, but the question is, does the film deserve such prestigious award. Yes, yes it does. Spielberg’s emotional adaptation of Thomas Keneallys book produced exceptional use of impacting symbolism to educate the general public of the historical events that devastated copious amounts of Jewish and…

Oskar Schindler was an entrepreneur during World War II that saved the lives of hundreds of people. Hitler and the Nazis were in complete control of Germany and were torturing and killing millions of people. Meanwhile, Schindler was saving hundreds of Jews, who were the victims at the time, by employing them in his factory. This man heroically showed that even with so much horror in the world, there was still a little good. Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in Svitavy, Moravia. He…

chose to preview and why. I chose to watch Schindler’s List. I was originally interested in this movie because of its subject matter, actors, and infamy. This film is one of the most famous films about the Holocaust, telling the amazing story of Oskar Schindler, a Nazi factory owner that saved thousands of Jews from persecution during the Holocaust. Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film, Schindler’s List, depicts the actions of one man who risked everything. I believe that the Holocaust is something…

For over the past decade, I have been learning and living through the works of Landmark Education (now Landmark Worldwide). The programs have evolved from seminars designed by Werner Erhard. During that same approximate time, Erhard was working with Jensen, Zaffron, and Granger the creating an ontological, phenomenological leadership course to be taught throughout the world. Not only were they successful in doing so, they found through teaching the course, people left the course actually being…

the format of both Ali, Fear Eats the Soul (1974) and Maedchen in Uniform (1931). While the films are released over 40 years apart, both these films depict sexuality and explore sexual taboos in Germany. Ali, Fear Eats the Soul, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, is a tale of interracial love and explores the impact of racism on human relationships. Leontine Sagan’s Maedchen in Uniform contains themes of lesbian relationships and expression of emotion. Though the films messages differ from…