Schindler’s List is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the historical novel Schindler’s Ark (1982) by Thomas Keneally. 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.
Schindler’s List (1993) was filmed almost entirely in Kraków, Poland, using authentic historical sites, including the Kazimierz district, the Podgórze district, and the Liban Quarry to recreate the Plaszow concentration camp. Key locations include Oskar Schindler’s actual factory at 4 Lipowa Street, Szeroka Street, and the St. Mary’s Church.