Billy Wilder contributed the original script for the film.
Martin Scorsese rejected the opportunity to direct the film in the 1980s. He believed that he could not do the job well like a Jewish director. Later, he agreed to use the film in exchange with Steven Spielberg to direct "Cape Terror".
Spielberg wanted to give up the opportunity to direct to Roman Polanski. Because the theme was too personal, Roman Polanski, who had a childhood experience in concentration camps, refused.
When Steven Spielberg started directing the film in Poland, he also worked on the post-production of "Jurassic Park". With the assistance of George Lucas, he was able to start these tasks.
Steven Spielberg refused to accept the remuneration for the film. His reason was that if he accepted it, it would become "blood money."
Steven Spielberg originally planned to make movies in Polish and German, with English subtitles. After repeated weighings, he still believes that he cannot accurately assess performances in unfamiliar language.
Steven Spielberg did not get permission to shoot inside Auschwitz, so he had to rebuild a scene very similar to the real scene on the other side of the door to film the death camp scene.
The "liquidation" scene in the Jewish Quarter of Krakow has only one page plot in the script. Steven Spielberg adapted it to 20 pages based on the testimony of surviving witnesses, and the length of time on the screen is 20 minutes.
In order to play the role of Goss, Ralph Fiennes not only gained 28 pounds, but also watched news films and asked about the Holocaust survivors of Goss.
In order to collect the costumes of 20,000 extras, the costume designer specially posted advertisements looking for clothes. Due to the poor economic conditions in Poland at that time, many people were eager to sell the clothes in their homes from the 1930s to the 1940s.
The real name of the girl in the red dress in the film is Roma Ligaoka. In real life, she survived the war and wrote a biography called "The Girl in Red: An Autobiography".
The Jews have a traditional habit. When visiting the cemetery, a small stone should be left on the tombstone to show respect. That's why this scene in the ending scene appeared.
Many actresses nearly collapsed during the filming of the film’s shower scene, and some of them were born in concentration camps.
In the film, Schindler was arrested for kissing a Jewish girl at his birthday party. In real life, he was arrested three times in jail because of transactions on the black market.
When filming the film, the locals welcomed the crew to be stationed in the filming, but some residents were anti-Semitic, and they painted anti-Semitic symbols on the billboards near the filming location.
There are 126 characters with lines in the film. The crew employed 30,000 extras during the filming period. The child actors are all descendants of "Schindler Jews", and the actors who play the survivors are also Polish Catholics. people.
