Screenings are free, but ticketed. Schindler’s List (1993) Directed by Steven Spielberg October 21 - Monday - 7:00 p.m. Winner of seven Academy Awards, Schindler’s List is a cinematic masterpiece that has become one of the most honored films of all time. The film is based on the true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer, and war profiteer who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference, and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history because of what he did. In English, Hebrew, German and Polish languages with English subtitles. (2K DCP. 195 min. Rated R.) Downfall (2004) Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel November 18 - Monday - 7:00 p.m. Set in Berlin in 1945, Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his bunker at the end of WWII. Bruno Ganz gives a remarkable performance as Hitler in this ‘insider’s’ perspective into the final hours of desperation and madness as the Russian Army surrounds Berlin. Director Oliver Hirschbiegel presents a human character in Hitler, and not a demon, which created controversy around the film. Nominated in 2005 for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar®, it is in German language with English subtitles. (35mm. 156 min. Rated R.) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Directed by Stanley Kramer December 2 - Monday - 7:00 p.m. After the end of World War II, the world gradually became aware of the full extent of the war crimes perpetrated by the Third Reich. In 1948, an American judge presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of “legalizing” Nazi atrocities. As graphic accounts of their actions unfold, mounting political pressure for leniency forces the judge to make the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards®, and boasts brilliant performances by a cast that includes Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, and Judy Garland. (35mm. 186 min. Not Rated.) cinema.indiana.edu President’s Choice 43