The Constant Factor (1980)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 27分
演出 : Krzysztof Zanussi
シノプシス
The main character in this effective, convincing drama is Witold (Tadeusz Bradecki) who is high in what later would be termed the "emotional quotient" or the ability to bounce back from adverse, tragic circumstances. Witold has been nursing both his sick mother and a deeply rooted desire to climb the Himalayas. His father had died climbing in those mountains, and they have an allure for Witold as well. But his dreams begin to crumble when his mother succumbs to her illness and trouble brews at work. The situation becomes bad enough to scramble Witold's life with no indication of future improvement.
A slightly sinister but charming young man falls in with a young mother and daughter and her boyfriend on a camping holiday and leads them astray.
ホロコーストを題材に、ナチスの強制収容所から生き延びたヒロインをメリル・ストリープが圧倒的な存在感で演じた感動作。ストリープは本作でアカデミー賞主演女優賞を受賞した。
ニッキー（ローラ・ダーン）とデヴォン（ジャスティン・セロー）は、映画監督のキングスリー（ジェレミー・アイアンズ）が手掛ける映画に出演することになる。その作品は、ある秘密を抱えており、主演女優のニッキーは役にのめりこむにつれ、次第に役柄と私生活を混同し始めるようになる。
ナチスのワルシャワ侵攻を目の当たりにし、死の収容所送りを奇跡的に逃れたシュピルマンは、ゲットーの廃墟に身を隠すことで第二次世界大戦を生き延びる。
1939年、ポーランド南部の都市クラクフにドイツ軍が侵攻した。ドイツ人実業家のオスカー・シンドラーは、一旗揚げようとこの街にやって来た。彼は金にものを言わせて巧みに軍の幹部たちに取り入り、ユダヤ人の所有していた工場を払い下げてもらう。ユダヤ人会計士のイツァーク・シュテルンをパートナーに選んだシンドラーは、軍用ホーロー容器の事業を始める。41年3月、ユダヤ人たちは壁に囲まれたゲットー（居住区）に住むことを義務づけられる。シュテルンの活躍で、ゲットーのユダヤ人たちが無償の労働力として、シンドラーの工場に続々と集められ事業はたちまち軌道に乗る。
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