The plot is based on Thomas Keneally's novel Schindler's Ark. The film tells the story of a German businessman who saved more than one thousand Polish Jews during the Second World war.
Arriving on the territory of occupied Poland, Oskar Schindler, finding a common language with the right people, receives permission to open a factory in Krakow for the production of enameled products. To find money to open a business and recruit workers, Schindler turns to the rich Jewish community, and makes them a very lucrative offer: they give him money, and he gives them in return a variety of goods and jobs, which will give a chance to leave the ghetto. The Manager of the enterprise Oscar makes a member of the Jewish Council-Yitzhak stern. Established production begins to bring in large revenues. However, soon comes the order to destroy the Jews in the Auschwitz concentration camp...