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The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish–Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern.
Oskar Schindler (German: [ˈɔskaʁ ˈʃɪndlɐ] ⓘ; 28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist, humanitarian, and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Steven Spielberg offered Neeson the role of Oskar Schindler in his holocaust film Schindler's List [29] after seeing him in Anna Christie on Broadway. Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson and Warren Beatty all expressed interest in the part [30] [31] (Beatty even auditioned), [30] but Neeson was cast in December 1992 after auditioning for the role. [31]
From left, Christian Friedel in "Zone of Interest," Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley in "Schindler's List," Géza Röhrig in "Son of Saul." (Photo illustration by An Amlotte / Los Angeles Times ...
Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor and Schindlerjude, [6] inspired Keneally to write Schindler's Ark.After the war, Pfefferberg had tried on a number of occasions to interest the screenwriters and filmmakers he met through his business in making a film based on the story of Schindler and his efforts to save Polish Jews from the Nazis, as well as arranging several interviews with ...
List of Liam Neeson awards Neeson in 2012 Award Wins Nominations Academy Award 0 1 British Academy Film Award 0 1 Golden Globe Awards 0 3 Tony Award 0 2 This is a list of awards and nominations received by Irish actor Liam Neeson. Neeson rose to prominence when he starred in the title role as German industrialist Oskar Schindler who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the ...
Leon Leyson (born Leib Lejzon; September 15, 1929 – January 12, 2013) was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor and one of the youngest Schindlerjuden, Jews saved by Oskar Schindler. [1] His posthumously published memoir, The Boy on the Wooden Box- How the impossible became the possible, on Schindler's List details his extraordinary survival ...
Leopold "Poldek" Pfefferberg (March 20, 1913 – March 9, 2001), also known as Leopold Page, [1] was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who inspired the Australian writer Thomas Keneally to write the Booker Prize-winning novel Schindler's Ark, which in turn was the basis for Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed 1993 film Schindler's List.