Schindler's List | Characters

No character can be more original than one straight from real life. Oskar Schindler is portrayed as a man whose foibles and needs are all too human. He is not portrayed as the perfect human being but rather as one who begins life in one way and continues in another. Schindler's marriage is an example of this. Being a Catholic, he does not divorce the wife who is not suited to him; rather, he leaves Emilie at home in Moravia and has a series of mistresses in Poland. The mistresses do not seem to carry the same weight as his vows to his wife. These mistresses seem to know of each other and,...

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