The Fire Next Time (1993)
The film begins in 1939 with the German-initiated relocation of Polish Jews from surrounding areas to the Kraków Ghetto shortly after the beginning of World War II. Meanwhile, Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), an ethnic German businessman from Moravia, arrives in the city in hopes of making his fortune as a war profiteer. Schindler, a member of the Nazi Party, lavishes bribes upon the Wehrmacht and SS officials in charge of procurement. Sponsored by the military, Schindler acquires a factory for the production of army mess kits. Not knowing much about how to properly run such an enterprise, he gains a close collaborator in Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley), an official of Krakow's Judenrat (Jewish Council) who has contacts with the Jewish business community and the black marketers inside the Ghetto. The Jewish businessmen lend Schindler the money for the factory in return for a small share of products produced. Opening the factory, Schindler pleases the Nazis and enjoys his newfound wealth and status as "Herr Direktor", while Stern handles all the administration. Schindler hires Jewish Poles instead of Catholic Poles because they cost less (the workers themselves get nothing; the wages are paid to the SS). Workers in Schindler's factory are allowed outside the ghetto, and Stern falsifies documents to ensure that as many people as possible are deemed "essential" to the German war effort, which saves them from being transported to concentration camps, or being killed.
Obsada:
- Craig T. Nelson Drew Morgan
- Bonnie Bedelia Suzanne Morgan
- Richard Farnsworth Frank Morgan
- Jürgen Prochnow Larry Richter
- Justin Whalin Paul Morgan
- Ashley Jones Linnie Morgan
- Sal Lopez Valdez
- Shawn Toovey Jake Morgan
- Charles Haid Buddy Eckhard
- Odetta Odetta
- Trisha Simmons
- John Vernon Boudreaux
- Hunt Scarritt Duane
- Doug Bourgeois Young Doctor on Barge
- Jim Gleason Doctor Pinson
- Virginia Hill Flo
- Adam Taylor Frederick
- Tina Benko Wendy Richter
- Elizabeth Rathi Marta Richter
- Heath Douglas Richie Callahan
- Rick Applegate Lee
- James Potter Elderly Priest
- Michael Cavanaugh Seth
- Louise Fletcher Sarge
- Nancy McLoughlin Sarah
- Paul Rudd David
- Tony Amen Refugee
- Aviva Aviva Child
- David Barckhoff Refugee
- Carol Bawer Citizen #1
- Leslie Fleming-Mitchell Checkout Woman
- Brad Guarisco Child refugee
- Tanit Lee Lascelles Citizen
- Corinne Myers Homeless Emigree
- Robert Chase Pallone Protestor on bridge
- Dave Petti Refugee