This movie is so powerfully heartbreaking because it's 110% true and Steven Spielberg refused to make a penny off this movie as he called it "blood money". This movie should be shown in schools around the world as part of the history curriculum, I saw it when I was 12 yrs old in Sunday school at my Temple. We must never forget!
Wait, so you didn’t have to watch the whole movie in school? In my school everyone had to watch it because it was part of the seventh grade history curriculum. I actually thought most people around the world had to watch it😅
It's more like 75% true. Spielberg did take artistic license with plenty of details (as one example, it was the train of men, not women, who were rerouted to Auschwitz), but in general yes - it's an important story and film that I keep being shocked that more people don't know.
When they used blood to make their cheeks brighter it wasn't to make themselves look pretty it was to make them look healthier so they would be deemed fit to work and not killed
@@MetalDetroit I mean there’s absolutely a middle ground between toothless and rape torture dungeon. Data demonstrates that systems that focus on rehabilitation over punishment have lower recidivism rates. Additionally, people who can’t be rehabilitated can be still be kept separate from society while being treated humanely.
@@snakesnoteyes Tell that to the families of victims of the animals who should have been locked up permanently but were set free by feel good parole boards. Good luck with that.
Not sure if you picked up on it, but the real Schindler Jews at the end were paired with the actors that played them in the film. Additionally, it was Liam Neeson himself that laid the roses on Schindler's grave. Power film, very powerful indeed.
This is fantastic, the movie and the story. I´m proud to say that Denmark where I´m from managed to save almost all danish jews. My grandfather was in the danish resistance and was part of sailing 7000 jews to safety in Sweden.
there was a mexican ambassador that gave visas for around 40,000 jews so they could emigrate here; Schindler is special because he was right in the middle of the worst part of it, but lots of people around the world helped as well
Denmark was a lesson to everyone who said, What can we do The Germans are too powerful. Guess what The Danes did it. Also credit to Bulgarians who basically told their allies, The Germans, f*ck u our Jews are Bulgarians, you don't get Bulgarians. This was not inevitable it was choices made
There were many others besides Oscar who saved Jewish Lives: -Raoul Wallenberg -Chiune Sugihara -Nicholas Winton -Irene Sendler Just to name a few. And ALL of these and others who worked to save life during that bloody time deserve their own stories and movies.
The Nicholas Winton foundation has a documentary about him called "The Power of Good" and you can order it from them. My mom is a school teacher and she showed that to her kids (English as a Second Language) upon getting it. It really opened their eyes.
Kelly Martin starred in a movie called Hidden in Silence about a young woman who hid a dozen Jews in her attic throughout the war. It's a true story but rarely acknowledged.
This movie is an experience. Hallowing. Steven Spielberg actually refused to take a salary for this movie, stating it would be "blood money." Instead all his royalties have gone to Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation which is foundation that preserves the testimonies of survivors of genocide.
It shocks me that the atrocities are being forgotten. I remember being taught this in highschool and met a survivor. I think until you watch a movie like this, it doesn't hit you (unless you live in Europe and have visited some of the places) the savagery of what happened. It breaks my heart that this even happened and that people are okay with it even today.
The world did not change, people did not change at all, no false hope here. These things happening all the time, even right now but just in other form. But you said it right: anyone can do the right thing when the time is coming for that, everyone can be a savior.
He did so much more than what’s portrayed in the film. He snuck in Jews from Hungary to the camp who were posing as Hungarians wanting to set up their own camp in Hungary. They were shown around and had a camera. They took the photos back to Hungary and snuck the photos out to the allies. Should read or listen to Schindler’s Ark. the book this is based on
the guy who wrote the book went in a shop (i think antique) one day and got to talking to the owner. the owner got out a suitcase containing a lot of papers, including a copy of schindler's list, and told the writer the story of oskar schindler and the schindler jews. the writer got a copy of the stuff, or maybe bought it, and tracked down as many of the remaining/still living individuals that he could find (latter ½ of the 19th century) and, when he found out that what the shop owner'd said was true, he wrote the story. spielburg is jewish, and when he came across the book it touched him deeply. he also interviewed schindler's jews, and either the book writer or spielburg interviewed schindler's widow as well. i may have a couple of things wrong, but it was 20+ yrs ago when i researched this and i think i have it essentially correct.
It was Australian writer Thomas Keneally who went into a shop to buy a briefcase and had a conversation with Leopold “Poldek” Pfefferberg who encouraged him to write Schindler's Ark
"I never thought I'd love a black and white movie!" LOL my friend most of the greatest movies made are in black in white, either for artistic reasons (like Schindler's List) or because there was no colour film. But you learn to appreciate it the more cinema you watch.
This film wasn't filmed in black-and-white for artistic reasons... Spielberg himself said he filmed in black-and-white because that was the only way his generation saw WW2, between double-features in theaters in news-clips, 10-15 minute short films usually about what happened during and after the War...
@@weehaggis4720 That makes sense. And the fact that the actual people who survived this actually were in the last scene was touching. Not sure how many people realize that it was Spielburg himself that placed the rose on Schindler's grave at the end. If this movie was made today there would be so many controversies over it but thankfully (about the fact it was made) it was done in 1993 where there was still living memory of the events.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Yes and no. The problem is, there's a genre where people think "wow, look at that blood, it's cool". So it would have been horrible for US to watch but it would have been 'entertainment' for some and it would have lost its value.
In this film we see four righteous among the nations of the world. 1. Oskar Schindler 2. Mrs. Schindler was responsible for the help at the hospital. The hospital on the premises of Schindler's factory consisted of two professional doctors. Mrs. Schindler looked after the sick people in this camp. Its role increased in the winter of 1945. About 100 almost frozen people were transported at the railway station. The intervention of Mr. and Mrs. Schindler caused these people to be sent to their camp. Not all of them came to the camp alive. They weighed about 30 kilograms. Emilia was horrified by the condition of these people. Due to extreme starvation, they were unable to eat a normal meal. Emilia arranged for them special foods, mainly porridge. Almost all of this transport had frostbite. she imported medicines that sometimes turned out to be ordinary onions. The determined woman tried to find anything that would improve their fate. 3. Juliusz Madritsch In the scene when Schindler asks a businessman for help in saving Jews, the actor plays Juliusz Madritsch. Madritsch employed his Jews under very good conditions. These people had access to food not available elsewhere. They were given additional food rations. Madritsch employed Jews even when he did not really need them. He was accused for his activities by the German authorities. Shindler was unable to convince Madritsch of his plan. Oskar believed Julius was a coward because of this. 4. Tadeusz Pankiewicz. When we see the scene, the Krakow ghetto is being liquidated. we see a gentleman dressed in a white apron and holding a wounded Jewess who is then shot by a German. The acting actor introduces us to Tadeusz Pankiewicz. Pankiewicz was the only Pole, not a Jew, who lived in the ghetto. His pharmacy located in the ghetto was given to Tadeusz by his father. The Germans did not want to agree that Tadeusz continued to run his business there and offered him another place. Pankiewicz, however, applied large bribes and the pharmacy remained where it was. In the pharmacy under the eagle, you could get hair paint it made older people look younger. The pharmacy has become a smuggling place. Pankiewicz exchanged and brought food to the ghetto, and transferred letters to the Aryan side. Pharmacy was also a place meeting and an asylum where they could hide. sorry for my English
I literally just finished a class at university on the Spanish Civil War and I could not understand how its not something thats taught more widely in school
@@itsalex8520 I was talking about the comments he made about the Spanish Civil War not about the movie. Whilst many schools do show it, I am sure that not everyone has to watch it in school.
once in a couple decade kind of films, a great thing about this movie is the more you look into it the more you appreciate it and how true the whole story is down the littlest detail. truly a masterpiece.
It should also be pointed out that Spielberg wouldn’t even communicate with the actors playing the Einsatzgruppen. He would give them direction but wouldn’t give small talk as he was unable to get past the uniforms. Remember, these were actors of the German theater. But a beautiful thing happened earlier in production. They had Passover at the hotel they we’re staying at in Krakow, Poland. Spielberg had all the Jewish actors sitting around at a table and then all the German actors walked in wearing the yamakas and they sat next to the Jews and participated in the Passover ritual and Spielberg was moved to tears.
One of the more depressing facts about this film is that as horrible and distressing the events were in this film, the real events were probably 15x worse. Amon Goeth was a straight-up monster, and while this film depicts that, it certainly didn't justify how purely evil that man was. Every actor and actress did a stellar job in this film
He was all too human. He was just a crook with a weak stomach that couldn't enjoy his money knowing people had died for it. So he chose to play Moses and sleep well at night. He succeeded at business and at saving people. He could be proud of that.
@@xhagast Had he not been the way he is, persuasive, a strong drinker with a strong personality and a huge liar and manipulator, he wouldn't be able to pull off lying to the faces of those Nazi officers and bribing people
Btw, forgot to tell you don’t turn down a black and white movie. There are so many good ones. The Miracle Worker (about Helen Keller), Psycho, High Noon. So many. Never let that discourage you.
29:21 At this point, Germany knew that they were losing the war. They feared that if the Allied forces found out they committed mass genocide, they would be charged with crimes against humanity, a crime that carried the death penalty. So this was a way to cover their tracks and destroy all the evidence.
The worst part was the allies DID know about it because of the escaped prisoners and the russian reports. But because of similar gossip from WWI and not wanting to believe it, they dismissed it, especially before they could get a foothold in Europe.
WHAT??? That's Voldemort? That's him? Wow!! Thank you so much for that piece of information. I would seriously have never guessed. And I am in no way being sarcastic, I promise. There was just something about him, that I couldn't quite place my finger on. I mean, really thank you! This movie!!! 😭😭😭 I literally sobbed out loud when the water came out instead of the gas! As I watched their reactions, one by one, it hit me how they must have felt. And then I felt so bad, because no matter how it made me feel, I still was not actually in their shoes. So I don't feel like I can say that I actually DO know how they feel. That is one powerful movie!
To this day I cannot listen to the theme of this film without tearing up a bit. Having grown up in a town that had an actual camp attached to it and grandparents that were a living memory to the war, this film hits differently. It makes me cherish the fact that I got to, and get to, live in my current situation. Something more people should spend a few moments to stop and think about.
I knew this one would make you cry. And I am so happy & proud to hear that you intend to pass this film on to your children! This is a rough movie but that is the very intention. We must never forget! Our children, & their children, must be told & shown what happened. Otherwise all these people died for nothing & history will be doomed to let this happen again at some point. The more people are aware & remember the better future we might have. I was still in school when Schindler's List came out in 1993 & my school arranged for all of us students to see this film, during school hours, for free. That shows how important this film is. But, as most Spielberg films are, this is a masterpiece in movie making alone. There is no surprise it won many Oscars. Including Best Film & Director. I cried with happy tears when Spielberg received his director statue, for so long he had been called only the blockbuster director by Hollywood & never believed to be able to do anything artsy. he sure put them in place & that has remained ever since. It's just a shame Neeson didn't win for Best Actor, he was nominated rightfully so but lost to Hanks. Tough competition.
True. And the scene after, where they took away the children was part of the "Final Solution". Children were useless because they couldn't do the hard work. They were deported straight to the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
I saw this in Hollywood, California on the same day I saw Naked Gun 3 1/3 back in 1993. I watched Schindler’s List first then went immediately next door to watch NG. Schindler impacted me so much that I don’t remember a thing that happened in Naked Gun. That’s how powerful it was.
An amazing movie. Yes it is. Hard to watch? Yes. Essential viewing? I would say so. One person can make a difference. As much as the film can 'break' people, it reveals the heart inside. There wasn't a dry eye in the theater when I first saw this. It's hard to think sometimes that it's been almost thirty years. May these events, the lives of these people and the difference Oskar Schindler made always be remembered.
There's a book called "The Boy on the Wooden Box". It's about one man's experience in the Holocaust as a child. He survived. Oskar Schindler saved his life. I've read this book. And it's a true story. His family made the book for him on his behalf. I think, they made it (the book) after his death. I highly recommend this book. An uplifting and heartwarming movie recommendation I have is "Wonder". It's based on the novel "Wonder by R.J. Palacio". I've read the book and watched the movie. It stays very close to the original novel. "Wonder" is about a boy named August Pullman, affectionately called "Auggie", who has a facial difference from birth. "When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind." - Wonder.
Everyone needs to watch this movie at least once. If you are not crying at the end of this movie, even if you're the most manly-man of all time, I don't want to associate with you. I also recommend "The Longest Day" that is currently FREE on RUclips Movies right now.
Another great movie about WWII is The Couragous Heart of Irena Sendler. She helped get out a ton of children and kept records so they could hopefully be reunited with their families later on.
26:56 This is my favorite scene with Ralph Fiennes because it illustrates the dichotomy of Amon Goeth. Here we have someone who isn’t a comic book Nazi the way Spielberg depicted them in the Indiana Jones movies. Instead, we have a human being who just happens to have committed horrible deeds. He’s a man torn between his duty and his own wants and desires. He wants Helen for himself and is willing to taste the forbidden fruit knowing that a sexual liaison between a Jew and an Aryan was a crime punishable by death.
This movie makes me think of that saying "All it takes for evil to prevail is for good Men to do nothing" and its so true. If Oscar Schindler had decided to do nothing, Literal generations of people would not be alive today.
If any other war films on the second world war you watch, watch Come And See directed by Elem Klimov. It is a Soviet film about the invasion of the Soviet Union by the Nazis; serves an important place in the world as a film directed by, written by, and made by survivors and children of survivors of the war. Klimov himself survived the evacuation of Stalingrad, at around the age of four or so, as the Nazis were attacking the city. It is a view of the war that is unique and nothing like Hollywood movies.
Yes, a true story and so well done. Ralph Fiennes played the German Amon Goeth and he played Voldemort in the Harry Potter movies. This movie won Best Picture and Spielberg won Best Director. Such an incredible movie. If you watch the video the Fallen of WWII you’ll see that Poland lost the most Jews in the war. Most to the death camps. A million were killed at Auschwitz alone. Brutal war but all war is brutal. We must remember so we don’t repeat these atrocities. Good reaction
You are right: people (US and First World countries) that say that things didn't get better, should educate themselves on what percussion was really like.
This is the direction America is headed, complete government control. Let's pray 🙏 this illegal takeover can be reversed and we can reclaim our country before it's too late.
38:50 This scene always gets me every time. To me it’s almost Christ like. In Christian theology, Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was so that he could be the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. It illiterates how far is someone willing to go to save one person from hell. Schindler sacrificed his reputation, his character, his fortune to the point where he was practically penniless by the end. All his business after the war all failed. His own country condemned him as a traitor. The only byproduct of his deeds was that 1,100 men, women and children were able to live the rest of their lives and have children and descendants. A true hero doesn’t boast about the lives he saved, he laments about those he failed to save.
We haven't changed. Stuff like this is still happening, maybe not on the same scale, but it is happening. The Uygurs in China, Syrian refugees in Libyan camps, the EU outside border,.. We're still not treating everyone as human. We as humanity didn't learn.
@@gideonroos1188 Pushbacks, Sir? EU official boats are aking waves and driving people back. Killing them. Killing them! It's planned, it's industrialized, people make money off of it (Frontex), they're killing people. Humans are still doing this to other humans "for good reasons". History will remember this, too. Of course nothing is the exact same as Holocaust. It was the worst thing that ever happened and nothing so far is "just like it". But close. We as a human race still kill other people for reasons of proclaimed superiority. It's not as open and direct as the Holocaust was where those guards etc did something they just had to know were horrible, but one theme is still going on: "we know we're hurting or killing you, but it doesn't matter, you kind of deserve it". And not because of things a person actually does, but how they were born. So yeah, I'll go with "we're still doing horrible shit" and put the EU borders on that list. Research "frontex illegal pushbacks" for background if you like to.
@@gideonroos1188 Good to hear people still think "it is perfectly reasonable to kill people". It's what I meant in m original statement. That thought process. A reasoning for killing people. They're "illegal", so just push them back, even if they'll likely die. You're a champ! And yes, I have friends who had to go through this. They are PEOPLE.
If there's ONE movie that shoudl be past on, it's this. I remember this being the first movie to baw my eys out to at like 14 or sth. This movie is in my memory the only piece of film, where in Germany, no matter the channel, there are no adverts in between when it's shown on tv. Btw, Steven Spielberg was awarded the highest honor of the Federal Republic of Germany after this movie, the "Bundesverdienstkreuz" (Federal Cross of Merit). There definately are some critical voices on this movie, check wiki for more, but damn it is one of the most if not the most important movie and story to be told of the 20th century
The most important thing we can do now is to never forget. There are survivors who volunteer to educate young people to ensure that this is remembered.
I have watched this movie more times than I can count. I truly believe Schindler was used by God to do just what he did. He made just enough money to do it. I would also like to thank you for this reaction, you are helping to spread the truth of what happened good and bad, we can't forget or it will happen more than it already has. Thanks again and Enjoy
Steven Spielberg did not accept a salary from this movie, as he considered it "blood money". He was also reluctant to direct it, and only accepted after others (including Roman Polanski) had refused. The pain associated comes through so strongly in this whole movie.
The Hiding Place is a great movie about the Boom family who were among others who helped hide Jews and took them to safety. It's an older film but very well done. It's also based on the book with the same title.
Ralph Fiennes’ character is an entity who was called Amon Goeth. I refuse to call him a man…. to call him an animal is an insult to animals… he LOOKED like a man, breathed air like a man…. but he was evil incarnate. In fact when one of his survivors (on the set) saw Ralph Fiennes in costume and in character, it triggered her PTSD. Oskar Schindler at the beginning of the story is just a money-hungry opportunist.. not EVIL.
This film is among my top 10 all time favorites. I saw this in the theater when it first came out with my mom and that is when my love for Kingsley, Neeson, and Fiennes came to fruit. All three gentleman are phenomenal actors. Amazing. And if you enjoy Liam, you should check out Roby Roy. Another excellent "historical" film where Neeson is superb.
I really enjoyed your authentic reaction to this. I recommend the mini series Band of Brothers followed by the Pacific. It is so worth it to have your eyes opened. Changes your whole perspective. We have been in the midst of this sort of tyranny, and are experiencing it now. On a global scale. The things we have been experiencing are about control.
I never was proud of being German. And I think it is stupid to be proud of something you can't control, for example where you are born. But I am really really proud of my granddad who shot a Nazi soldier in the head and fled with 14 Jews to help them get to safety. They fled by car for a day and then walked for a week... But they all lived. My graddad died of lung cancer when I was 5. I really really would have loved to get to know him more. He was a hero...
Don't be ashamed my friend. You are a human being and a human being who knows the difference between right and wrong. I was born in Germany in 1981. In the same country where the Third Reich was destroyed in 1945. It was only 36 years ago. That's a human life span. In terms of world history, it was practically yesterday. I'm German. My generation and many generations before it have always been told that we are guilty, that we should feel responsible. I will take responsibility and I will do everything in my power - no matter how small this contribution may be - to prevent something like this from ever happening again.
Ralph Fiennes who played Goeth took time in between takes to comfort the Schindler Jews on set as his performance, likeness and mannerisms were so much like him it caused panic attacks in some of them on set. The nazi party found Goeths actions truly disturbing ( as its really tones down as truly the devil ) and considering what they did to people shows how truly evil he was so they had him committed to the sanatorium by the SS which is where he was found and hung by the allied forces. The Schindler Jews took care of Schindler in his old age and when he passed away they paid for his body to be flown to isreal to be buried in the jewish cemetery you see at the end which is truly an honour. Schindler was a huge part of their lives after the war and was at family occasions throughout their lives. Truly beautiful.
I'm not sure if you've seen the statistics video made by Neil Halloran here on YT as to how many People died in WW2. It shows you civillian and soldierdeath counts by country. It has a good historylesson if you want als bit more knowledge and also offers you a different perspective. The numbers normally don't hit home but with this one. You'll grasp the weight instantly.
Easily one of the most important films ever made. I remember watching this in college for a class I took called “The Holocaust in Film and Literature”. Our final exam was an essay we had to write where we were asked to explain how we thought ordinary Germans could be convinced to actively engage in the wholesale cruelty and genocide of the Holocaust. I answered with one sentence: “I do not know the answer to this question, nor do I wish to know its answer because I would never be able to stop crying.” I got an A.
The Schindlerjuden looked after Oskar and Emilie after the war. Schindler used to spend several months a year visiting them but never stayed for long as they were a bit too middle class for him, for example, tried to get him to drink less. But Oskar was still Oskar
sometimes the blind will finally see, but with the vision... its a choice to do right or turn a blind eye and do wrong. Schindler had a choice ... and he chose life... risked it all for what is right. Greed may have taken hold first, but greed failed and compassion persisted
True words you utter. And it´s terrifying how the extreme right is rising again, in the US, and, as you say, here in Spain. There´s a scary vibe here in Madrid. I know so many people who wouldn´t have touched the right with a barge pole previously, and are now openly willing to vote them in due to the overpoliticisation of Covid. That Vox, with no policies whatsoever other than those of separation of hate and disdain for everyone who doesn´t fit their template, should be getting such exposure and taken seriously is just atrocious. And, as I´ve been saying for years, the inability of many Spanish people to learn from the mistakes of the past and overcome it is looking increasingly likely to come back and destroy us. That Ayuso can go on TV and, smile glued firmly to face, proclaim that the fascists are the good guys of history, and still not only be allowed to run, but be the front runner, is sickening. I think there are many fine individuals out there, but I despair increasingly when it comes to people as a whole. Peace, my fellow Anglo-Spanish brother.
@@tonirodriguez7561 You’re nuts. What does everything have to be political. And it’s the extreme left that is engaging in censorship, propaganda, abject racism and hatred of the wealthy. The “extreme right” numbers in the 100’s out of a nation of 350 million
@@MetalDetroit As I said above, I have issues with the extreme left as well. And, no, not everything has to be political, but comments made after watching a film about the Holocaust and Nazism kind of do. You´re perfectly entitled to your opinion, but don´t expect me to take it seriously when you preface it with an insult.
@@ToniMcGinty Here - the left has been calling Republicans Nazis since Reagan. Bush is a Nazi, Bob Dole is a Nazi ( the most insulting because dole was riddled by Nazi machine gun fire, that’s why he lost use of his arm) G H Bush is a Nazi, Trump is a Nazi. Hell, they even called Romney a Nazi, the nicest guy in politics. It’s DISGUSTING. Still don’t see any American gas chambers. So when I hear this crap about the right rising, I call people nuts. Especially since Hitler and Mussolini were leftists.
Heartbreaking and true story. He saved a lot of lives during the war but never was successfull after it. But he is recognised by the Jews after the war as a rightgeous person. Never have seen a movie before or after that hit right in the heart....
“Violence is never the answer”. Often times, it is. The extreme violence by the allies was warranted against Italy, Finland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Japan. The extreme violence by the northern US states was warranted to end slavery.! Could go on and on citing warranted violence.
Ralph Fiennes portrayal of Amon Goeth is absolutely frightening.. The fact this is based on fact, this truly happened..if not worse than shown. Watching this film should be mandatory for all..
I NEED YOU TO DO SOMETHING. I NEED YOU TO KEEP YOUR PROMISE. You promised in this video that you will pass this film down to your children. Then they, along with you, will be a part of Schindler’s legacy. HIS LIST CAN SURVIVE AND GROW.
One of the co-producers of this film was a Croatian man by the name of Branko Lustigwho, who during his acceptance speech at the 1994 Oscar Awards for Best Picture, began his speech by giving his prisoner number; A-83317. He had been imprisoned at Auschwitz and said that by helping Spielberg produce the movie, he felt he was fulfilling his sacred obligation to the over one million murder victims to bear witness to their experience, and more importantly, to their existence. The Nazi party wanted to erase 11 million people from the world and human memory, (and hide the evidence of doing so extremely well in some cases re: Treblinka/Sobibor/whatever that 3rd one was) and there are still nearly two million unidentified, nameless souls that will probably remain anonymous forever. Forgotten. That's the part that breaks me, really, because no one deserves to be forgotten, as if they never walked the earth at all. They had their hopes and dreams for the future like everyone else. They had families. They loved people and were loved by people. Never forget and never again. To make a long comment even longer: I've been to Dachau when my youth choral group toured Europe a good 25 years ago, it was one of the side tours we could take and as I'm sure you've noticed, I think education about the Holocaust is absolutely essential and I could go off on a politics sidetrack but I won't...anyway. I went to Dachau and it was one of the most incredible places I have EVER been. I use the word "incredible" because there's not a better one to convey the overwhelming *weight* of the place. There were three hundred people there and even the older kids (concentration camps are...not really...small child appropriate) were just walking in complete silence. The air was so heavy it was hard to catch a breath...it was NOT a hot day, as it was only the very beginning of June. The only sound you could hear was feet crunching on gravel. It was an amazing experience and I never want to do it again.
I first watched this movie in 10th grade, when our history teacher showed it to us. We were appalled, we were terrified. Except for that one idiot who started laughing - not out of desperation, mind you. He actually thought it was funny. Our teacher took him by the neck out of the room, the idiot got suspended from school for the rest of the week. Three years later he became a full blown neo-nazi. It's scary to think that the far right is rising again. Too many people have forgotten what happened - it wasn't even that long ago. My own grandparents lived through it. Greetings from Germany
I say the same thing. People complain about how bad things are these days dont understand what these poor people went through. I cant even begin to imagine what it would feel like to endure what all these people went through, and the fact there are still survivors alive today and tell their stories show how strong of people they are.
interesting to learn, that Goeths granddaughter is a black woman, Jennifer Teege. She was adopted and learned about her heritage when she was 38. she wrote a book - my grandfather would have shot me.
This is "weird", or "special" I can't stop thinking about it but I swear on my soul that's what happened just 40 minutes ago. I saw your reaction, I felt it, then I headed for my grandmother's apartment and I was still shaken. (I live in Rome), I took the elevator (that is slow and old as hell) and I kept looking down in sorrow. When I did lower my head I saw the elevator had a tag, it said "Oskar Schindler". I didn't even know he produced elevators. I just burst into tears.
My homeland (Denmark) was invaded and occupied by the germans in April 1940 - to May 1945 were the germans lost the war. Like other countries they were after the judes - they have to flee to our neighbor country: Sweden. The danish people and gouverment have to follow their rules, like: Being home at 8'Oclock in the evening, black curtains etc. My grandmother on my fathers side, were a girl under the WW2. Today - We light a light in the window and our flag is on half in April - as a reminder of the day - the germans invaded the country - we call it, the light in the dark. In may - the queen or Crownprince - put flowers on a statue (Last year the crownprince gave a speech) - maid to memorize the day the germans left our country, the one who fight in the war and die...
Everyone who says we are only obeying orders should watch this film. You can fight back. Destruction of a people is a choice it's not inevitable. Obedience is not a virtue it's cowardice.
Lucky indeed. My father and all four grandparents were Holocaust survivors. My paternal grandfather is set up a factory for the German Army to save as many Jews as possible as "essential workers" and later to get Jews out of the ghetto and into the forest. Despite that, his parents were both marched away and shot, because they were not capable of manual labor. The reality was actually worse. Before the Nazis started to round up Jews and put them in ghettos and concentration camps, they began by shooting Jews and political opponents by the thousands. The Nazis set up the camps because killing thousands of women and children a day created psychologically unstable people who turn to drugs and alcohol. Poor SS got PTSD.
Yes. YES. Thank you! And I wept with you... Just some rambling thoughts... Schindler's list won, among other awards, Best Picture at the Oscars. During the acceptance speeches, one of the producers, Branko Lustig began his acceptance speech by reciting his number, 83317, tattooed on his arm from his imprisonment in Auschwitz. Wow. Ralph Fiennes who played Amon Goeth was so utterly believable in the role that he frightened some of the survivors of who had been in the camp who were on the set. Steven Spielberg went on after Schindler's List to found the USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education, formerly Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making audio-visual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust (which in Hebrew is called the Shoah) and other genocides, a compelling voice for education and action. You ought to go check out the website. Spielberg forewent his salary, refusing to be paid for the film. On a personal note... The small city I grew up in, the Mayor at the time was a Jew who got out of Europe ahead of the Nazis and WWII because he saw it coming. He wrote a member of the church I grew up in, that he had met while they were overseas, and asked for help. They helped get him out; and then they helped the woman he married later also to get out. Her family sold Schindler the factory in Poland that he turned into the enamelware factory you see in the movie. Also, my parents, attending a lecture, actually met the adult man who had been the small boy who hid in the overflowing latrines when the children were taken. My father served in occupied Germany after the war, and my parents made SURE that all my life I was aware of the concentration camps and the horrors perpetuated there, that I would know about it and learn from history. For it is our doom that we forget that which should never be forgotten; and thus return again to perpetuate evil all over again. Germany today makes certain that it is taught in their schools, and takes students to the memorials at the camps, because they want to be sure it never happens again. Also, despite the saying that you hear so often that the Germans ignored the atrocities in the camps, many, many Germans resisted the Nazis, and many of them lost their lives doing so. Like Schindler, they should be remembered.
Interesting fact... Neeson was a school teacher or substitute...got mad on first day and smacked a kidfor being unruly. He was fired and then soon became an actor.
First, Schindler hired Jews because they weren't cost a lot of money but after seeing the body of the little girl in red coat, he did for save them. I met a survivor of this war when I was 14 years old with my classmates.
I get where you were trying to go with the “He’s Jesus to these Jews.” comment, but you were never going to land it. At best it’s ignorance. I don’t think it was willful ignorance, but ignorance nonetheless.
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This movie is so powerfully heartbreaking because it's 110% true and Steven Spielberg refused to make a penny off this movie as he called it "blood money". This movie should be shown in schools around the world as part of the history curriculum, I saw it when I was 12 yrs old in Sunday school at my Temple. We must never forget!
Wait, so you didn’t have to watch the whole movie in school? In my school everyone had to watch it because it was part of the seventh grade history curriculum. I actually thought most people around the world had to watch it😅
I did see this film 1993 when I was 17 y-o. Very good movie with WW2 era historical backround.
My class went to the movie theater to watch this.
It's more like 75% true. Spielberg did take artistic license with plenty of details (as one example, it was the train of men, not women, who were rerouted to Auschwitz), but in general yes - it's an important story and film that I keep being shocked that more people don't know.
They showed us the TV edited version which is disgraceful.
When they used blood to make their cheeks brighter it wasn't to make themselves look pretty it was to make them look healthier so they would be deemed fit to work and not killed
I did not know that. Every time I think this horrific time couldn't get darker I'm proven wrong. Jesus Christ...
@@LoneWanderer101 This is one of those things where “there’s always more, and it’s always worse” like the US prison-industry complex
@@snakesnoteyes What are we supposed to do with murderers, rapists and pedos? Blame the courts that let these monsters out over and over and over.
@@MetalDetroit I mean there’s absolutely a middle ground between toothless and rape torture dungeon. Data demonstrates that systems that focus on rehabilitation over punishment have lower recidivism rates. Additionally, people who can’t be rehabilitated can be still be kept separate from society while being treated humanely.
@@snakesnoteyes Tell that to the families of victims of the animals who should have been locked up permanently but were set free by feel good parole boards. Good luck with that.
Not sure if you picked up on it, but the real Schindler Jews at the end were paired with the actors that played them in the film. Additionally, it was Liam Neeson himself that laid the roses on Schindler's grave. Power film, very powerful indeed.
Placing rocks is a Jewish custom. Neeson placed a rose because Schindler was Catholic.
Im still suprised how many reactors that missed that.
This is fantastic, the movie and the story. I´m proud to say that Denmark where I´m from managed to save almost all danish jews. My grandfather was in the danish resistance and was part of sailing 7000 jews to safety in Sweden.
Bravo...many years ago i read about your country's heroism
Beautiful...simply beautiful. Thank you to your Uncle and all that fought this horrific evil.
there was a mexican ambassador that gave visas for around 40,000 jews so they could emigrate here; Schindler is special because he was right in the middle of the worst part of it, but lots of people around the world helped as well
Denmark was a lesson to everyone who said, What can we do The Germans are too powerful. Guess what The Danes did it. Also credit to Bulgarians who basically told their allies, The Germans, f*ck u our Jews are Bulgarians, you don't get Bulgarians. This was not inevitable it was choices made
@@davidschwartz6380 Unfortunately, the USA didn't really do the same. We turned away ships of Jewish people seeking refuge.
There were many others besides Oscar who saved Jewish Lives:
-Raoul Wallenberg
-Chiune Sugihara
-Nicholas Winton
-Irene Sendler
Just to name a few. And ALL of these and others who worked to save life during that bloody time deserve their own stories and movies.
Amen to that! Thank you for listing them. Now I can look into their stories now.
The Nicholas Winton foundation has a documentary about him called "The Power of Good" and you can order it from them. My mom is a school teacher and she showed that to her kids (English as a Second Language) upon getting it. It really opened their eyes.
Corrie Ten Boom - Hiding Place
Kelly Martin starred in a movie called Hidden in Silence about a young woman who hid a dozen Jews in her attic throughout the war. It's a true story but rarely acknowledged.
@والد الهندوس They Certainly Did.
This movie is an experience. Hallowing. Steven Spielberg actually refused to take a salary for this movie, stating it would be "blood money." Instead all his royalties have gone to Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation which is foundation that preserves the testimonies of survivors of genocide.
It shocks me that the atrocities are being forgotten. I remember being taught this in highschool and met a survivor. I think until you watch a movie like this, it doesn't hit you (unless you live in Europe and have visited some of the places) the savagery of what happened. It breaks my heart that this even happened and that people are okay with it even today.
Ralph Fiennes is incredible in his portrayal of Amon Goeth. You might also recognize him as Voldemort.
This film made him a star.
I remember reading that he emobied Amon so much that one of the Schindler Jews they invited on set was terrified of him
Holy crap, that was him?? WOW, I did not know that...
he should have oscar of that..
Yes, it is based on a true story.
The world did not change, people did not change at all, no false hope here. These things happening all the time, even right now but just in other form. But you said it right: anyone can do the right thing when the time is coming for that, everyone can be a savior.
16:39 He's gonna be so confused when Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes start conversing with each other.
The best movie I’ve ever seen.
I’m not a very emotional person but this had me balling my eyes out throughout.
He did so much more than what’s portrayed in the film. He snuck in Jews from Hungary to the camp who were posing as Hungarians wanting to set up their own camp in Hungary. They were shown around and had a camera. They took the photos back to Hungary and snuck the photos out to the allies. Should read or listen to Schindler’s Ark. the book this is based on
the guy who wrote the book went in a shop (i think antique) one day and got to talking to the owner. the owner got out a suitcase containing a lot of papers, including a copy of schindler's list, and told the writer the story of oskar schindler and the schindler jews. the writer got a copy of the stuff, or maybe bought it, and tracked down as many of the remaining/still living individuals that he could find (latter ½ of the 19th century) and, when he found out that what the shop owner'd said was true, he wrote the story. spielburg is jewish, and when he came across the book it touched him deeply. he also interviewed schindler's jews, and either the book writer or spielburg interviewed schindler's widow as well. i may have a couple of things wrong, but it was 20+ yrs ago when i researched this and i think i have it essentially correct.
Except for the part where you think this took place in the 19th century LOL 🤣
It was Australian writer Thomas Keneally who went into a shop to buy a briefcase and had a conversation with Leopold “Poldek” Pfefferberg who encouraged him to write Schindler's Ark
"I never thought I'd love a black and white movie!" LOL my friend most of the greatest movies made are in black in white, either for artistic reasons (like Schindler's List) or because there was no colour film. But you learn to appreciate it the more cinema you watch.
This film wasn't filmed in black-and-white for artistic reasons...
Spielberg himself said he filmed in black-and-white because that was the only way his generation saw WW2, between double-features in theaters in news-clips, 10-15 minute short films usually about what happened during and after the War...
He also said it was because he wanted it to look more like peoples' own memories or footage that anyone with a video camera took it.
@@weehaggis4720 That makes sense. And the fact that the actual people who survived this actually were in the last scene was touching. Not sure how many people realize that it was Spielburg himself that placed the rose on Schindler's grave at the end. If this movie was made today there would be so many controversies over it but thankfully (about the fact it was made) it was done in 1993 where there was still living memory of the events.
If it was in color, I think it would be too horrible to watch. It would overwhelm the senses and subtract from the story.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Yes and no. The problem is, there's a genre where people think "wow, look at that blood, it's cool". So it would have been horrible for US to watch but it would have been 'entertainment' for some and it would have lost its value.
In this film we see four righteous among the nations of the world.
1. Oskar Schindler
2. Mrs. Schindler was responsible for the help at the hospital. The hospital on the premises of Schindler's factory consisted of two professional doctors. Mrs. Schindler looked after the sick people in this camp. Its role increased in the winter of 1945. About 100 almost frozen people were transported at the railway station. The intervention of Mr. and Mrs. Schindler caused these people to be sent to their camp. Not all of them came to the camp alive. They weighed about 30 kilograms. Emilia was horrified by the condition of these people. Due to extreme starvation, they were unable to eat a normal meal. Emilia arranged for them special foods, mainly porridge. Almost all of this transport had frostbite. she imported medicines that sometimes turned out to be ordinary onions. The determined woman tried to find anything that would improve their fate.
3. Juliusz Madritsch In the scene when Schindler asks a businessman for help in saving Jews, the actor plays Juliusz Madritsch. Madritsch employed his Jews under very good conditions. These people had access to food not available elsewhere. They were given additional food rations. Madritsch employed Jews even when he did not really need them. He was accused for his activities by the German authorities. Shindler was unable to convince Madritsch of his plan. Oskar believed Julius was a coward because of this.
4. Tadeusz Pankiewicz. When we see the scene, the Krakow ghetto is being liquidated. we see a gentleman dressed in a white apron and holding a wounded Jewess who is then shot by a German. The acting actor introduces us to Tadeusz Pankiewicz. Pankiewicz was the only Pole, not a Jew, who lived in the ghetto. His pharmacy located in the ghetto was given to Tadeusz by his father. The Germans did not want to agree that Tadeusz continued to run his business there and offered him another place. Pankiewicz, however, applied large bribes and the pharmacy remained where it was. In the pharmacy under the eagle, you could get hair paint it made older people look younger. The pharmacy has become a smuggling place. Pankiewicz exchanged and brought food to the ghetto, and transferred letters to the Aryan side. Pharmacy was also a place meeting and an asylum where they could hide.
sorry for my English
I literally just finished a class at university on the Spanish Civil War and I could not understand how its not something thats taught more widely in school
Wait, so not everyone has to watch it in school? Everyone in my school had to watch it 😅
@@itsalex8520 I was talking about the comments he made about the Spanish Civil War not about the movie. Whilst many schools do show it, I am sure that not everyone has to watch it in school.
once in a couple decade kind of films, a great thing about this movie is the more you look into it the more you appreciate it and how true the whole story is down the littlest detail. truly a masterpiece.
It should also be pointed out that Spielberg wouldn’t even communicate with the actors playing the Einsatzgruppen. He would give them direction but wouldn’t give small talk as he was unable to get past the uniforms. Remember, these were actors of the German theater. But a beautiful thing happened earlier in production. They had Passover at the hotel they we’re staying at in Krakow, Poland. Spielberg had all the Jewish actors sitting around at a table and then all the German actors walked in wearing the yamakas and they sat next to the Jews and participated in the Passover ritual and Spielberg was moved to tears.
One of the more depressing facts about this film is that as horrible and distressing the events were in this film, the real events were probably 15x worse. Amon Goeth was a straight-up monster, and while this film depicts that, it certainly didn't justify how purely evil that man was. Every actor and actress did a stellar job in this film
Have you seen Pan’s Labyrinth? It’s spanish, takes place during ww2 in Franco’s Spain. Beautiful and brilliant film
That movie makes me cry every time I watch it. I saw it in the movie theater when it first came out.
Incredibly powerful movie, Schindler really was a saint, even if maybe he didn't think so 🥺❤️
He was all too human. He was just a crook with a weak stomach that couldn't enjoy his money knowing people had died for it. So he chose to play Moses and sleep well at night. He succeeded at business and at saving people. He could be proud of that.
@@xhagast Had he not been the way he is, persuasive, a strong drinker with a strong personality and a huge liar and manipulator, he wouldn't be able to pull off lying to the faces of those Nazi officers and bribing people
@@morisakarleign3014 Lol, he was a GREAT crook.
Btw, forgot to tell you don’t turn down a black and white movie. There are so many good ones. The Miracle Worker (about Helen Keller), Psycho, High Noon. So many. Never let that discourage you.
29:21 At this point, Germany knew that they were losing the war. They feared that if the Allied forces found out they committed mass genocide, they would be charged with crimes against humanity, a crime that carried the death penalty. So this was a way to cover their tracks and destroy all the evidence.
The worst part was the allies DID know about it because of the escaped prisoners and the russian reports. But because of similar gossip from WWI and not wanting to believe it, they dismissed it, especially before they could get a foothold in Europe.
@@history_loves_anime8927 Precisely.
The Nazi did horrific medical experiments on people, too.
WHAT??? That's Voldemort? That's him? Wow!! Thank you so much for that piece of information. I would seriously have never guessed. And I am in no way being sarcastic, I promise. There was just something about him, that I couldn't quite place my finger on. I mean, really thank you! This movie!!! 😭😭😭 I literally sobbed out loud when the water came out instead of the gas! As I watched their reactions, one by one, it hit me how they must have felt. And then I felt so bad, because no matter how it made me feel, I still was not actually in their shoes. So I don't feel like I can say that I actually DO know how they feel. That is one powerful movie!
To this day I cannot listen to the theme of this film without tearing up a bit.
Having grown up in a town that had an actual camp attached to it and grandparents that were a living memory to the war, this film hits differently.
It makes me cherish the fact that I got to, and get to, live in my current situation. Something more people should spend a few moments to stop and think about.
“He’s their savior”
The Jews felt the same way about him.
"Downfall", "Life is Beautiful", "Valkyrie" and "Grey Zone" - other great movies about WWII.
Band of brothers
You should watch " Le voyage de Fanny " (Fanny's travel) it's a french movie.
Life is Beautiful is what he means.
@@sspdirect02 Yes. I always mix that up. Thanks!
@@sspdirect02 Interesting movie. If I recall correctly, the first half was a bright romantic comedy, the second half a dark historical drama.
I knew this one would make you cry. And I am so happy & proud to hear that you intend to pass this film on to your children! This is a rough movie but that is the very intention. We must never forget! Our children, & their children, must be told & shown what happened. Otherwise all these people died for nothing & history will be doomed to let this happen again at some point. The more people are aware & remember the better future we might have. I was still in school when Schindler's List came out in 1993 & my school arranged for all of us students to see this film, during school hours, for free. That shows how important this film is. But, as most Spielberg films are, this is a masterpiece in movie making alone. There is no surprise it won many Oscars. Including Best Film & Director. I cried with happy tears when Spielberg received his director statue, for so long he had been called only the blockbuster director by Hollywood & never believed to be able to do anything artsy. he sure put them in place & that has remained ever since. It's just a shame Neeson didn't win for Best Actor, he was nominated rightfully so but lost to Hanks. Tough competition.
Everybody should watch this movie. And remember that we are all Jews to somebody.
Oh we’re doing this now? Guess I’ll be blubbering over my coffee this morning! 😭🙏🏻
Such an extraordinary film!
I love that most of the actors used for the Schindler Jews were mostly unknown Israeli and Polish-Jewish actors. It gives off that real look
And from what I've read, the scenes in the showers weren't acting, they were legit terrified and forgot that this wasn't real to them.
I have a lot to say about this movie because it is undoubtedly Steven Spielberg’s best film. Nothing has ever come close.
I'd have said 'Amistad' is at least in the same ballpark... And E.T. in a different way is also definitely up there.
Thank you for that reaction. For another great black and white movie, try 12 Angry Men (1957), not the 1997 remake.
YES! The original is remarkable acting.
Yes, the black and white version is the best by farrrrrr
True. And the scene after, where they took away the children was part of the "Final Solution". Children were useless because they couldn't do the hard work. They were deported straight to the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
How bout "Inherit the Wind?" That's a good one, too. I love the old courtroom drama stuff.
Casablanca, another great black and white movie.
I saw this in Hollywood, California on the same day I saw Naked Gun 3 1/3 back in 1993. I watched Schindler’s List first then went immediately next door to watch NG. Schindler impacted me so much that I don’t remember a thing that happened in Naked Gun. That’s how powerful it was.
Watch the film. What Schindler wants is stated by Schindler.
No --this is not from a "novel".
Thanks for this man, it takes courage to show other people such raw emotion like this movie causes.
Thank you for filming this, it is so important. Much love all the way from Israel 🇮🇱❤💙
An amazing movie. Yes it is. Hard to watch? Yes. Essential viewing? I would say so. One person can make a difference. As much as the film can 'break' people, it reveals the heart inside. There wasn't a dry eye in the theater when I first saw this. It's hard to think sometimes that it's been almost thirty years. May these events, the lives of these people and the difference Oskar Schindler made always be remembered.
There's a book called "The Boy on the Wooden Box". It's about one man's experience in the Holocaust as a child. He survived. Oskar Schindler saved his life. I've read this book. And it's a true story. His family made the book for him on his behalf. I think, they made it (the book) after his death. I highly recommend this book.
An uplifting and heartwarming movie recommendation I have is "Wonder". It's based on the novel "Wonder by R.J. Palacio". I've read the book and watched the movie. It stays very close to the original novel. "Wonder" is about a boy named August Pullman, affectionately called "Auggie", who has a facial difference from birth.
"When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind." - Wonder.
Don't forget about "Come and See".You will never forget this movie.
Ye gods, "Come and See" is horrifying.
I remember myself watching this for the first time. I cried so hard after realizing what the title meant.
"The List is an Absolute Good. The List is life.All around its margins, lies the gulf."
Everyone needs to watch this movie at least once. If you are not crying at the end of this movie, even if you're the most manly-man of all time, I don't want to associate with you.
I also recommend "The Longest Day" that is currently FREE on RUclips Movies right now.
And DEFIANCE, and VALKYRIE, and THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS.
@@sprayarm The Pianist is also a great one.
@@sprayarm Come and see. Russian movie about the eastern front. Just powerful
@@MetalDetroit excellent movie!
Another great movie about WWII is The Couragous Heart of Irena Sendler. She helped get out a ton of children and kept records so they could hopefully be reunited with their families later on.
26:56 This is my favorite scene with Ralph Fiennes because it illustrates the dichotomy of Amon Goeth. Here we have someone who isn’t a comic book Nazi the way Spielberg depicted them in the Indiana Jones movies. Instead, we have a human being who just happens to have committed horrible deeds. He’s a man torn between his duty and his own wants and desires. He wants Helen for himself and is willing to taste the forbidden fruit knowing that a sexual liaison between a Jew and an Aryan was a crime punishable by death.
This movie makes me think of that saying "All it takes for evil to prevail is for good Men to do nothing" and its so true. If Oscar Schindler had decided to do nothing, Literal generations of people would not be alive today.
If any other war films on the second world war you watch, watch Come And See directed by Elem Klimov. It is a Soviet film about the invasion of the Soviet Union by the Nazis; serves an important place in the world as a film directed by, written by, and made by survivors and children of survivors of the war. Klimov himself survived the evacuation of Stalingrad, at around the age of four or so, as the Nazis were attacking the city. It is a view of the war that is unique and nothing like Hollywood movies.
Powerful movie. Most Americans have no clue about the eastern front.
Yes, a true story and so well done. Ralph Fiennes played the German Amon Goeth and he played Voldemort in the Harry Potter movies. This movie won Best Picture and Spielberg won Best Director. Such an incredible movie. If you watch the video the Fallen of WWII you’ll see that Poland lost the most Jews in the war. Most to the death camps. A million were killed at Auschwitz alone. Brutal war but all war is brutal. We must remember so we don’t repeat these atrocities. Good reaction
It's not that man, it's that if those rumors got out he would be a dead man. He always had that good in him I believe.
You are right: people (US and First World countries) that say that things didn't get better, should educate themselves on what percussion was really like.
This is the direction America is headed, complete government control. Let's pray 🙏 this illegal takeover can be reversed and we can reclaim our country before it's too late.
Really depends where you are in the world. Atrocities are being committed against entire ethnic groups in more than one part of the world right now.
@@ellaphx I meant in US and first world countries.
@@ckobo84 not to mention the indoctrinating kids with critical race theory. I'm truly worried for the world.
One of the best movies ever and a must watch. Every parents should watch this movie with their children when they are old enough to understand
38:50 This scene always gets me every time. To me it’s almost Christ like. In Christian theology, Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was so that he could be the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. It illiterates how far is someone willing to go to save one person from hell. Schindler sacrificed his reputation, his character, his fortune to the point where he was practically penniless by the end. All his business after the war all failed. His own country condemned him as a traitor. The only byproduct of his deeds was that 1,100 men, women and children were able to live the rest of their lives and have children and descendants. A true hero doesn’t boast about the lives he saved, he laments about those he failed to save.
“He’s not ready to accept who he is”
My guy people don’t really tend to think about “who they are”
We haven't changed. Stuff like this is still happening, maybe not on the same scale, but it is happening. The Uygurs in China, Syrian refugees in Libyan camps, the EU outside border,..
We're still not treating everyone as human. We as humanity didn't learn.
@@gideonroos1188 Pushbacks, Sir? EU official boats are aking waves and driving people back. Killing them. Killing them! It's planned, it's industrialized, people make money off of it (Frontex), they're killing people. Humans are still doing this to other humans "for good reasons". History will remember this, too.
Of course nothing is the exact same as Holocaust. It was the worst thing that ever happened and nothing so far is "just like it". But close. We as a human race still kill other people for reasons of proclaimed superiority. It's not as open and direct as the Holocaust was where those guards etc did something they just had to know were horrible, but one theme is still going on: "we know we're hurting or killing you, but it doesn't matter, you kind of deserve it". And not because of things a person actually does, but how they were born.
So yeah, I'll go with "we're still doing horrible shit" and put the EU borders on that list. Research "frontex illegal pushbacks" for background if you like to.
@@gideonroos1188 Good to hear people still think "it is perfectly reasonable to kill people".
It's what I meant in m original statement. That thought process. A reasoning for killing people. They're "illegal", so just push them back, even if they'll likely die. You're a champ!
And yes, I have friends who had to go through this. They are PEOPLE.
If there's ONE movie that shoudl be past on, it's this. I remember this being the first movie to baw my eys out to at like 14 or sth. This movie is in my memory the only piece of film, where in Germany, no matter the channel, there are no adverts in between when it's shown on tv. Btw, Steven Spielberg was awarded the highest honor of the Federal Republic of Germany after this movie, the "Bundesverdienstkreuz" (Federal Cross of Merit). There definately are some critical voices on this movie, check wiki for more, but damn it is one of the most if not the most important movie and story to be told of the 20th century
The Pianist. You will never forget it.
The most important thing we can do now is to never forget. There are survivors who volunteer to educate young people to ensure that this is remembered.
Thank you for watching and reacting to this difficult but essential film. You have a good heart. Your kids are lucky they have such a Dad as you.
Another masterpieces about ww2:
Come and See (soviet movie)
The City of Life and Death (chinese movie).
You are welcome
I have watched this movie more times than I can count. I truly believe Schindler was used by God to do just what he did. He made just enough money to do it. I would also like to thank you for this reaction, you are helping to spread the truth of what happened good and bad, we can't forget or it will happen more than it already has. Thanks again and Enjoy
Its a hard movie but one everyone should watch. It should be taught in schools.
Steven Spielberg did not accept a salary from this movie, as he considered it "blood money". He was also reluctant to direct it, and only accepted after others (including Roman Polanski) had refused. The pain associated comes through so strongly in this whole movie.
The Hiding Place is a great movie about the Boom family who were among others who helped hide Jews and took them to safety. It's an older film but very well done. It's also based on the book with the same title.
Ralph Fiennes’ character is an entity who was called Amon Goeth. I refuse to call him a man…. to call him an animal is an insult to animals… he LOOKED like a man, breathed air like a man…. but he was evil incarnate.
In fact when one of his survivors (on the set) saw Ralph Fiennes in costume and in character, it triggered her PTSD.
Oskar Schindler at the beginning of the story is just a money-hungry opportunist.. not EVIL.
This movie should be shown at schools...
In Germany we do watch this movie in schools.. at least in mine
We watched this at my school.
This film is among my top 10 all time favorites. I saw this in the theater when it first came out with my mom and that is when my love for Kingsley, Neeson, and Fiennes came to fruit. All three gentleman are phenomenal actors. Amazing. And if you enjoy Liam, you should check out Roby Roy. Another excellent "historical" film where Neeson is superb.
The list of people he'd saved did save him in return.
I really enjoyed your authentic reaction to this. I recommend the mini series Band of Brothers followed by the Pacific. It is so worth it to have your eyes opened. Changes your whole perspective. We have been in the midst of this sort of tyranny, and are experiencing it now. On a global scale. The things we have been experiencing are about control.
I never was proud of being German. And I think it is stupid to be proud of something you can't control, for example where you are born. But I am really really proud of my granddad who shot a Nazi soldier in the head and fled with 14 Jews to help them get to safety. They fled by car for a day and then walked for a week... But they all lived. My graddad died of lung cancer when I was 5. I really really would have loved to get to know him more. He was a hero...
Don't be ashamed my friend. You are a human being and a human being who knows the difference between right and wrong. I was born in Germany in 1981. In the same country where the Third Reich was destroyed in 1945. It was only 36 years ago. That's a human life span. In terms of world history, it was practically yesterday. I'm German. My generation and many generations before it have always been told that we are guilty, that we should feel responsible. I will take responsibility and I will do everything in my power - no matter how small this contribution may be - to prevent something like this from ever happening again.
Ralph Fiennes who played Goeth took time in between takes to comfort the Schindler Jews on set as his performance, likeness and mannerisms were so much like him it caused panic attacks in some of them on set.
The nazi party found Goeths actions truly disturbing ( as its really tones down as truly the devil ) and considering what they did to people shows how truly evil he was so they had him committed to the sanatorium by the SS which is where he was found and hung by the allied forces.
The Schindler Jews took care of Schindler in his old age and when he passed away they paid for his body to be flown to isreal to be buried in the jewish cemetery you see at the end which is truly an honour. Schindler was a huge part of their lives after the war and was at family occasions throughout their lives. Truly beautiful.
I'm not sure if you've seen the statistics video made by Neil Halloran here on YT as to how many People died in WW2. It shows you civillian and soldierdeath counts by country.
It has a good historylesson if you want als bit more knowledge and also offers you a different perspective. The numbers normally don't hit home but with this one. You'll grasp the weight instantly.
Easily one of the most important films ever made.
I remember watching this in college for a class I took called “The Holocaust in Film and Literature”. Our final exam was an essay we had to write where we were asked to explain how we thought ordinary Germans could be convinced to actively engage in the wholesale cruelty and genocide of the Holocaust.
I answered with one sentence:
“I do not know the answer to this question, nor do I wish to know its answer because I would never be able to stop crying.”
I got an A.
The Schindlerjuden looked after Oskar and Emilie after the war. Schindler used to spend several months a year visiting them but never stayed for long as they were a bit too middle class for him, for example, tried to get him to drink less. But Oskar was still Oskar
Such an emotional movie. Even tough a lot of details are missing. But I think you can never really express the horror of that time.
sometimes the blind will finally see, but with the vision... its a choice to do right or turn a blind eye and do wrong. Schindler had a choice ... and he chose life... risked it all for what is right. Greed may have taken hold first, but greed failed and compassion persisted
True words you utter. And it´s terrifying how the extreme right is rising again, in the US, and, as you say, here in Spain. There´s a scary vibe here in Madrid. I know so many people who wouldn´t have touched the right with a barge pole previously, and are now openly willing to vote them in due to the overpoliticisation of Covid. That Vox, with no policies whatsoever other than those of separation of hate and disdain for everyone who doesn´t fit their template, should be getting such exposure and taken seriously is just atrocious. And, as I´ve been saying for years, the inability of many Spanish people to learn from the mistakes of the past and overcome it is looking increasingly likely to come back and destroy us. That Ayuso can go on TV and, smile glued firmly to face, proclaim that the fascists are the good guys of history, and still not only be allowed to run, but be the front runner, is sickening. I think there are many fine individuals out there, but I despair increasingly when it comes to people as a whole. Peace, my fellow Anglo-Spanish brother.
You mean the Extreme Left, or you can't be serious?
@@ckobo84 I have my own issues with the extreme left, but no, I mean right, and I am serious.
@@tonirodriguez7561 You’re nuts. What does everything have to be political. And it’s the extreme left that is engaging in censorship, propaganda, abject racism and hatred of the wealthy. The “extreme right” numbers in the 100’s out of a nation of 350 million
@@MetalDetroit As I said above, I have issues with the extreme left as well. And, no, not everything has to be political, but comments made after watching a film about the Holocaust and Nazism kind of do. You´re perfectly entitled to your opinion, but don´t expect me to take it seriously when you preface it with an insult.
@@ToniMcGinty Here - the left has been calling Republicans Nazis since Reagan. Bush is a Nazi, Bob Dole is a Nazi ( the most insulting because dole was riddled by Nazi machine gun fire, that’s why he lost use of his arm) G H Bush is a Nazi, Trump is a Nazi. Hell, they even called Romney a Nazi, the nicest guy in politics. It’s DISGUSTING. Still don’t see any American gas chambers. So when I hear this crap about the right rising, I call people nuts. Especially since Hitler and Mussolini were leftists.
Heartbreaking and true story. He saved a lot of lives during the war but never was successfull after it. But he is recognised by the Jews after the war as a rightgeous person. Never have seen a movie before or after that hit right in the heart....
“Violence is never the answer”. Often times, it is. The extreme violence by the allies was warranted against Italy, Finland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Japan. The extreme violence by the northern US states was warranted to end slavery.! Could go on and on citing warranted violence.
@@gideonroos1188 How is that relevant to what I wrote?
Ralph Fiennes portrayal of Amon Goeth is absolutely frightening.. The fact this is based on fact, this truly happened..if not worse than shown. Watching this film should be mandatory for all..
The Nazi at 15:58 who orders her to be killed is the same actor who played Voldemort from Goblet of Fire to the end of Harry Potter.
“Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it” movies like this NEED to exist, yo reminds us all of the horrors and that we MUST be better.
I NEED YOU TO DO SOMETHING. I NEED YOU TO KEEP YOUR PROMISE. You promised in this video that you will pass this film down to your children. Then they, along with you, will be a part of Schindler’s legacy. HIS LIST CAN SURVIVE AND GROW.
This movie is fantastic. Ralph and Liam did such an amazing job!!!!
One of the co-producers of this film was a Croatian man by the name of Branko Lustigwho, who during his acceptance speech at the 1994 Oscar Awards for Best Picture, began his speech by giving his prisoner number; A-83317. He had been imprisoned at Auschwitz and said that by helping Spielberg produce the movie, he felt he was fulfilling his sacred obligation to the over one million murder victims to bear witness to their experience, and more importantly, to their existence. The Nazi party wanted to erase 11 million people from the world and human memory, (and hide the evidence of doing so extremely well in some cases re: Treblinka/Sobibor/whatever that 3rd one was) and there are still nearly two million unidentified, nameless souls that will probably remain anonymous forever. Forgotten. That's the part that breaks me, really, because no one deserves to be forgotten, as if they never walked the earth at all. They had their hopes and dreams for the future like everyone else. They had families. They loved people and were loved by people. Never forget and never again.
To make a long comment even longer: I've been to Dachau when my youth choral group toured Europe a good 25 years ago, it was one of the side tours we could take and as I'm sure you've noticed, I think education about the Holocaust is absolutely essential and I could go off on a politics sidetrack but I won't...anyway. I went to Dachau and it was one of the most incredible places I have EVER been. I use the word "incredible" because there's not a better one to convey the overwhelming *weight* of the place. There were three hundred people there and even the older kids (concentration camps are...not really...small child appropriate) were just walking in complete silence. The air was so heavy it was hard to catch a breath...it was NOT a hot day, as it was only the very beginning of June. The only sound you could hear was feet crunching on gravel. It was an amazing experience and I never want to do it again.
I first watched this movie in 10th grade, when our history teacher showed it to us. We were appalled, we were terrified.
Except for that one idiot who started laughing - not out of desperation, mind you. He actually thought it was funny. Our teacher took him by the neck out of the room, the idiot got suspended from school for the rest of the week. Three years later he became a full blown neo-nazi.
It's scary to think that the far right is rising again. Too many people have forgotten what happened - it wasn't even that long ago. My own grandparents lived through it.
Greetings from Germany
I say the same thing. People complain about how bad things are these days dont understand what these poor people went through. I cant even begin to imagine what it would feel like to endure what all these people went through, and the fact there are still survivors alive today and tell their stories show how strong of people they are.
Great movie. The commander Amon göeth was real and far worse in real life than portrayed in the film.
interesting to learn, that Goeths granddaughter is a black woman, Jennifer Teege. She was adopted and learned about her heritage when she was 38. she wrote a book - my grandfather would have shot me.
This is "weird", or "special" I can't stop thinking about it but I swear on my soul that's what happened just 40 minutes ago. I saw your reaction, I felt it, then I headed for my grandmother's apartment and I was still shaken. (I live in Rome), I took the elevator (that is slow and old as hell) and I kept looking down in sorrow. When I did lower my head I saw the elevator had a tag, it said "Oskar Schindler". I didn't even know he produced elevators. I just burst into tears.
My homeland (Denmark) was invaded and occupied by the germans in April 1940 - to May 1945 were the germans lost the war. Like other countries they were after the judes - they have to flee to our neighbor country: Sweden. The danish people and gouverment have to follow their rules, like: Being home at 8'Oclock in the evening, black curtains etc. My grandmother on my fathers side, were a girl under the WW2. Today - We light a light in the window and our flag is on half in April - as a reminder of the day - the germans invaded the country - we call it, the light in the dark. In may - the queen or Crownprince - put flowers on a statue (Last year the crownprince gave a speech) - maid to memorize the day the germans left our country, the one who fight in the war and die...
Everyone who says we are only obeying orders should watch this film. You can fight back. Destruction of a people is a choice it's not inevitable. Obedience is not a virtue it's cowardice.
Lucky indeed. My father and all four grandparents were Holocaust survivors. My paternal grandfather is set up a factory for the German Army to save as many Jews as possible as "essential workers" and later to get Jews out of the ghetto and into the forest. Despite that, his parents were both marched away and shot, because they were not capable of manual labor.
The reality was actually worse. Before the Nazis started to round up Jews and put them in ghettos and concentration camps, they began by shooting Jews and political opponents by the thousands. The Nazis set up the camps because killing thousands of women and children a day created psychologically unstable people who turn to drugs and alcohol. Poor SS got PTSD.
Yes. YES.
Thank you!
And I wept with you...
Just some rambling thoughts...
Schindler's list won, among other awards, Best Picture at the Oscars.
During the acceptance speeches, one of the producers, Branko Lustig began his acceptance speech by reciting his number, 83317, tattooed on his arm from his imprisonment in Auschwitz. Wow.
Ralph Fiennes who played Amon Goeth was so utterly believable in the role that he frightened some of the survivors of who had been in the camp who were on the set.
Steven Spielberg went on after Schindler's List to found the
USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education, formerly Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making audio-visual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust (which in Hebrew is called the Shoah) and other genocides, a compelling voice for education and action.
You ought to go check out the website.
Spielberg forewent his salary, refusing to be paid for the film.
On a personal note...
The small city I grew up in, the Mayor at the time was a Jew who got out of Europe ahead of the Nazis and WWII because he saw it coming. He wrote a member of the church I grew up in, that he had met while they were overseas, and asked for help.
They helped get him out; and then they helped the woman he married later also to get out. Her family sold Schindler the factory in Poland that he turned into the enamelware factory you see in the movie.
Also, my parents, attending a lecture, actually met the adult man who had been the small boy who hid in the overflowing latrines when the children were taken.
My father served in occupied Germany after the war, and my parents made SURE that all my life I was aware of the concentration camps and the horrors perpetuated there, that I would know about it and learn from history.
For it is our doom that we forget that which should never be forgotten; and thus return again to perpetuate evil all over again.
Germany today makes certain that it is taught in their schools, and takes students to the memorials at the camps, because they want to be sure it never happens again.
Also, despite the saying that you hear so often that the Germans ignored the atrocities in the camps, many, many Germans resisted the Nazis, and many of them lost their lives doing so.
Like Schindler, they should be remembered.
Interesting fact... Neeson was a school teacher or substitute...got mad on first day and smacked a kidfor being unruly. He was fired and then soon became an actor.
Sometimes you're the one in need of help, and sometimes you're the one who is in the position to help.
First, Schindler hired Jews because they weren't cost a lot of money but after seeing the body of the little girl in red coat, he did for save them.
I met a survivor of this war when I was 14 years old with my classmates.
He was an ordinary man during an extrodanary time , doing what comes naturally for people with heart and soul and conscience and empathy.
In case your wording why he's a German from the Cezch Republic is because it was part of the Austro Hungarian empire when he was born in 1908
Please please watch Apocalypto! It's such an amazing film that hardly anyone knows! I'm sure you'd like it!
Yes this is a true story
I get where you were trying to go with the “He’s Jesus to these Jews.” comment, but you were never going to land it.
At best it’s ignorance.
I don’t think it was willful ignorance, but ignorance nonetheless.
Jesus is seen as a savior. Call it ignorance if you want, but in many ways, he isn’t wrong.
the way you think is ignorant tho