Schindler's List Trivia Questions

The opening Shabbat candle scene and the girl in red are the only color segments. The rest was shot in stark black and white for historical weight.

The red coat was a cinematic device by Spielberg to represent the Holocaust's horror. She is not a specific real person, though inspired by a witness account.

Spielberg felt he wasn't mature enough as a filmmaker and tried to pass the project to Roman Polanski and Martin Scorsese before finally taking it on himself.

Many extras were survivors or descendants of survivors. Spielberg cast them to lend authenticity, and some were actually saved by the real Schindler.

The Plaszow camp was too overgrown and altered. The crew built a replica camp nearby, though they did film at the real Auschwitz-Birkenau gates.

The piano scene was scripted. Fiennes did, however, improvise some disturbing moments, like a casual violent gesture, to unnerve the cast.

Neeson actually took a significant pay cut, but he was paid more than scale. He accepted a lower fee to ensure the film got made.

Schindler joined the Nazi Party in 1939 and also worked as a spy for German military intelligence, which helped him build connections to protect Jews.