What made the Academy Award winning movie ‘Schindler’s List’, exceptional?

         ‘Schindler’s List’ is a 1993 historical film. The movie was directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, and Branko Lustig, and written by Steven Zaillian.

          The film features music composed by John Williams, and it was shot almost entirely in black and white.

          The movie is based on the novel ‘Schindler’s Ark’, by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film relates to a period in the life of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman.

          The movie is set during World War II, and is about the horrors of the holocaust in which millions of Jews were murdered. It relates how Schindler rescues over 1100 Jews from the Nazi concentration camps of World War II.

          At the beginning of the film, Schindler just wants money. By the end, he has turned his heart to saving all the Jews that he has employed. The film finishes on a powerful note.

               The movie won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Editing, and Best Art Direction.

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