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309 THE SCARLET EMPRESSParamount, 1934PRINCIPAL CAST Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam JaffeDIRECTORJosef von SternbergPRODUCERJosef von SternbergSCREENWRITERS Manuel Komroff, Eleanor McGearyVisually sumptuous and ostentatious, Sternberg’s fictionalized version of Catherinethe Great’s life was one of the most daring films to reach the screen in the 1930s.Illicit love affairs, nudity, and political subversion told the story of a shy youngGerman princess’ transformation to Empress of Russia.310 SCHINDLER’S LISTUniversal, 1993PRINCIPAL CAST Liam Neeson, Ralph FiennesDIRECTORSteven SpielbergPRODUCERSSteven Spielberg, Branko Lustig, Gerald R. MolenSCREENWRITER Steven ZaillianThe film is based on the true, complex, and often puzzling story of Oskar Schindler,the Czech industrialist who saved hundreds of Jews from the gas chambers during theHolocaust. “This list is an absolute good. The list is life.”311 THE SEARCHERSWarner Bros., 1956PRINCIPAL CASTDIRECTORPRODUCERSSCREENWRITERJohn Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie WoodJohn FordMerian C. Cooper, Patrick FordFrank S. NugentFord’s landmark saga is a quest to find a child abducted by Comanches right after theCivil War. Wayne, an Indian-hating ex-soldier, wages an internal battle whiledevoting years to searching for his niece, abducted during an Indian raid.312 SENSE AND SENSIBILITYColumbia, 1995PRINCIPAL CAST Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Hugh GrantDIRECTORAng LeePRODUCERLindsay DoranSCREENWRITER Emma ThompsonThompson adapted Jane Austen’s 18th century novel about the Dashwood sisters,who approach love and life very differently. Elinor is all sense, Marianne allsensibility. They struggle to make proper marriages after the family loses its fortune.In the end, true love triumphs.American Film Institute 103