Helen “Halina” Silber owed her life to a series of what she called “miracles,” and to one man, German industrialist Oskar Schindler, whose defiance of Nazism resulted in his sparing the ...

Exactly 30 years ago, “Schindler’s List” made its world premiere in D.C. on Nov. 30, ... The most disturbing is a cut from a Mazel-tov glass smash to Göth’s brutal beating of Helen Hirsch.

Schindler’s List, in retrospect, ... EMBETH DAVIDTZ (Helen Hirsch) There was a really weird little bar downstairs where you’d have a drink when you got home from work, ...

Schindler’s List is based on a true story, but the narrative is dramatized to emphasize the key themes of generosity, empathy, and selflessness.These creative decisions also make the plight of ...

Steven Spielberg had tackled serious subjects before, but none of his previous work had the power and artistic vision of “Schindler’s List,” which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

And “Schindler’s List,” it’s worth acknowledging, is inordinately, at times almost indecently entertaining. Thirty years later, it remains, even at three hours, ...