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=== The Tropes themselves: ===
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Schindler, who was German, is portrayed by Liam Neeson, who is Irish; Goeth, who was Austrian, by Ralph Fiennes, who is English; and Stern, who was Polish, by Ben Kingsley, who is an Englishman of partially Indian descent. Several minor characters, however, are played by Polish actors. Since "Jewish" is not a nationality, virtually all the Jews portrayed in the film are this - most of them native Israeli actors feigning a vaguely eastern-European accent, or in some cases [[As Long
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Complete Monster|Quite fittingly,]] [[Harry Potter (
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: [[Liam Neeson]] states that Ralph Fiennes, who plays the cruel Nazi Goeth, was a major support to Neeson when his wife died.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: While no one doubts the quality of the film ultimately released, [[Steven Spielberg]] was originally to serve as a producer, with previously considered directors including Sydney Pollack, Roman Polanski (who turned it down due to his own past as a Holocaust survivor, and a relative of some of the Schindlerjuden [though he would go on to direct ''[[The Pianist]]'']), and [[Martin Scorsese]] (who would go on to direct the Spielberg-produced ''[[Cape Fear]]''). Billy Wilder also expressed interest in directing the film.
** The real-life Poldek Pfefferberg lobbied for years to have Schindler's story brought to a wider audience. In 1963, he attempted to talk MGM into making a film version of Schindler's life, but the deal fell through. About twenty years later, he got Steven Spielberg's attention, but Spielberg wasn't sure he could do justice to Schindler's story and tried unsuccessfully to get [[Roman Polanski]], among others, to do it instead.
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