Schindler's List Schindler's List Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic historical period drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the novel "Schindler's Ark" by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a Sudeten German businessman, who saved the lives of 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. Ideas for a film about the "Schindlerjuden"
Dark Was the Night (2014 film) a present-day community's reaction to a similar event. Jack Heller directed, and the film is said to include a "never-before-seen monster", drawn from various pieces of American folklore. Production started in February 2012, filming in Southampton, New York. "Dark Was the Night" was released in theaters on July 24, 2015, through Image Entertainment. As of September 2, 2015, the film holds an approval rating of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 19 reviews) and 40 on Metacritic (based on 10 reviews). Crave Online rated the film favorably, praising the film's direction and Durand's acting. Dark Was the Night (2014 film)