The story of Schindler's List continues. Its author 30 years since the film's premiere in Brno.
The first and unique opportunity for the Czech audience to meet the author of the book based on the Oscar-winning film Schindler's List in person. A discussion with the Australian writer Thomas Keneally (1935) followed by a screening of Schindler's List will take place on 10 March. The interview with the author will be conducted by Daniel Low-Beer, whose foundation is now building the Schindler's Ark Memorial and Löw-Beer Textile Factory in the former "Schindler's" factory in Brno. The Löw-Beers have an important connection with Thomas Keneally's book. The Löw-Beer family owned the factory where Oskar Schindler saved 1200 lives. They ran it until 1938, when they had to flee abroad because of the rise of Nazism. In 1944, Schindler began bringing Jews from the Krakow ghetto here, saving them from certain death in the concentration camps. The story became world famous thanks to Keneally's book Schindler's Ark and the 1993 film adaptation, Schindler's List.
The programme will be held in English and will be simultaneously interpreted into Czech.
Schindler's List / Steven Spielberg / USA, 1993 / 195 min. - A deeply shocking, merciless drama about the nightmare of the Holocaust, based on true events. To save 1,100 lives, Oskar Schindler sacrificed his entire fortune... Krakow, Poland 1939. The Jewish community is under increasing pressure from the Nazis. Into this turmoil enters businessman Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi Party, a great seducer and a man profiting from the suffering of war, who managed to find it in himself to save those who were seemingly beyond help... Steven Spielberg's film is a seminal work of world cinema and winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture of the Year and Best Director.