25 year anniversary edition of Schindler's List, see the HD trailer here

25 years, it really doesn't seem that long ago but Stephen Spielberg's classic WW2 holocaust movie Schindler's List came out in 1993,  it's been a quarter of a century!! To mark this special occasion, Universal Pictures have remastered the film and it will be released in cinemas in the US and Canada (not in the UK? and elsewhere?) on December the 7th.

Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) and Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley)

Obviously 25 years is a long time in terms of film and cinematography so Schindler's List will be re-released in stunning 4K. So will it be available to stream? At the moment it's not clear whether it will be, I think it's clear that it will be but will it be Netflix or Amazon or something else... Although it must be said that the original film is currently available on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, so if you can't wait till next year.

In case you don't know what the film is, haven't seen the full movie or indeed the trailer. Schindler's List tells the story of German industrialist Oskar Schindler in occupied Poland during World War 2. The plot line basically is that Schindler takes in Jews to work in his factory and treats them well, saving them from the Krakow ghetto or even worse the concentration camps and certain death. Based around real events, the dramatisation does follow the story of the 1200 Jews saved by Oskar, a real hero. It's also a massively important film because the holocaust is not often the subject of blockbusting movies with all star casts. Probably one of the most important war movies ever made, the fact that it will be re-released goes to show it's continuing importance in bringing the horrors of Nazi Germany to the public's attention.

Here is the trailer in HD of the remastered classic:




If you're more war films to stream, please check out my guide to war movies on Amazon Prime Video and my list of war films on Netflix.