SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993) I FIRST TIME WATCHING I MOVIE REACTION

[@thorbeorn4295]

"Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire" I love that line.

[@Asehpe]

I like the line: "...one more... one person.... one more person... he would have given me one more person for that..."

[@bulletsunderpressure]

that line made me choke.

[@periodicmotion]

@@bulletsunderpressure It made me choke as well, the humanity of it and the fact that he wanted to help more people and regrets not doing so.

[@Shell2164]

How Ralph didn’t win an Oscar for this I will never know. He’s absolutely terrifying in this.

[@tomstanziola1982]

I've read several times that when the survivors saw Ralph Fiennes in full uniform as Amon Goeth, they were terrified, because he looked so much like the tyrant they remembered from Plazow.

[@catbyte0679]

@@tomstanziola1982 Fiennes broke character on set to comfort one of the terrified survivors, something he never did. He's a class act.

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@catbyte0679 I did not know that!!! That just makes me like him even more! He's great!! "Schindler's List" was the first film I ever saw him in, and I was WAY beyond impressed!!! I told a friend at the time, "This guy is going to be a major star!! Watch and see!!" He didn't disappoint me!!! 👏👏👏👏

[@Shell2164]

@@tomstanziola1982 yes he did look like him especially when he had more weight on him. I’ve seen pictures of the real Amon on his horse in the camp and I swear they look so alike.

[@Shell2164]

@@tomstanziola1982 he’s amazing in the English patient too, and absolutely hilarious in the film in Bruges. He’s up there with my other favourite actor Gary Oldman.

[@LPJack02]

RIP Oskar Schindler (April 28, 1908 - October 9, 1974), aged 66 You will be remembered as a legend and a hero.

[@waverider6kj32]

Israel will be FREE Am Yisrael Chai

[@cliffwheeler7357]

I recently paid my respects at Oskar Schindler's grave in the Catholic cemetery at Mount Zion in Jerusalem. The graveyard has recently been thoroughly renovated and tidied, and is now a fitting place of rest for a truly remarkable man. Thank you for the beautiful, heartfelt presentation of your video.

[@lemonycricket3286]

I really enjoy your genuine and very human rection. As a 40y old german I think that anyone who doesnt cry during this movie isnt a human being at all.

[@NBLP7001]

The last patient that drinks the poison, the look of gratitude and peace she gives the nurse tears my heart from my chest.

[@jmfong76]

Yes. They knew they were going to kill them and the doctors and nurses didn’t want them to suffer. Without saying anything, those patients said everything in their gestures. They at least got to pass with some dignity and in peace.

[@DanteDevonshire]

I am a nurse and when I saw that look in her eyes I broke down bawling my eyes out. I know that look. It hurts so much. It's sometimes the last look you get, when someone in critical condition is put on respirator and you all know they will never wake up again. You just know. You give them the sedation and they look at you that way, too.

[@IsaacClarkeDS]

I also love the fact how the nurse and doctor stood there with pride in their eyes!

[@ForgottenHonor0]

"I could have got more out." That line alone never fails to make me cry. RIP Oskar Schindler, may your name be sung throughout the ages.

[@SweetsourGamer]

Every time that moment gets me. Seeing Liam Neeson sob saying he could have got more out will forever break me 😭

[@Muschelschubs3r]

A truly important film. I have heard so many people say that they could only watch it once. I watch it at least once a year, as a reminder that the womb that birthed Nazism is still fertile and that we cannot slack off and let that mindset re-emerge, and I am astonished how much my focus has shifted since I watched it first in 1993. It always makes me cry, but the points at which I break down are constantly changing. My eldest daughter is five. She looks a lot like the Girl in Red, and I just cannot take it. And Schindler's final lament that he didn't save more and the Schindler Jews and their actors honoring him...your reaction made me ugly cry in sympathy, and the pictures themselves did their usual work. Lest we forget. Nie wieder! As you can maybe tell, I am German.

[@Raelynn-nl5rd]

Bless and thank you!

[@robreich6881]

Lol, well after the Holocaust a bunch of Communist Cambodians systemically destroyed their own country because Jewish Communists persuaded them to be Communists, so I guess “never again” didn’t work out. Oh well. We tried! Lol

[@gryphonosiris2577]

You are a stronger person than me. Shalom.

[@aninsensitiverat7129]

To be honest what’s terrifying is that America is slowly turning into a nazi state, the people here are racist, sexist, and highly religious, it’s just a breeding ground for evil powerful men like hitler, we’re one more leader like trump away from becoming just like them

[@joshuaortiz2031]

Too bad history will repeat itself because people never learn. There are so many greedy power hungry people and many people who don't care to read about history. It's boring to them they say. It's hopeless.

[@tonyyul703]

Ralph Fines plays commandant Amon Goeth one the Nazis most brutal SS officers.... During the production, Spielberg had many Jewish survivors working as consultants on the movie. And one the first day Ralph showed up in FULL Nazi regalia, one of the consultants literally passed out in terror... Because they actually thought it was Goeth back from the dead... But Ralph Quickly apologized and reassure everyone that he absolutely hate having to play such evil role, but he understood how accurate this movie needed to be

[@daedalron]

I doubt Mila Pfefferberg thought Goeth was back from the dead. It's more likely a pure physical response from her PTSD getting triggered.

[@KittieCat901]

And the real Amon Goeth was even worse than the one we see in the Movie. Way worse. As brutal as the movie is, it's not all. The reality was even worse, sadly.

[@ChimeraConcepts]

Just wanted to say that you seem like an intelligent, empathetic person and it was a pleasure to rewatch this with you.

[@IndianCalypso]

Thank you my friend!

[@rollotomassi6232]

"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst." - Aristotle

[@lifelover515]

I've never seen any reactor hit quite so hard by this Spielberg masterpiece, the more so because, unlike most of us, you seemed to have no idea what to expect and that explains why you somewhat misread Schindler at first. He was a business opportunist who kind of stumbled backwards into a reluctant humanitarian, but was a good man deep down. Sadly, as vivid as it is, it barely scratches the surface of the atrocities of those days. Buck up, babes, and congrats on your survival.. Treat yourself to a 'feelgood' next time.

[@dan_hitchman007]

Not everyone in every country had the Holocaust as a major part of their World History classes. Better to know some of it now than never. Give her a break.

[@Mr.BlackSanta]

I agree- and I’ve watched almost all of them. This young lady’s reaction was priceless.

[@lifelover515]

@@dan_hitchman007 With respect, Dan, I was referring merely to her lack of familiarity with this particular movie rather than the dark side of world history in general. In fact, assuming she's of south Asian heritage, I'm sure Calypso Lady has learned a thing or two about the chilling examples of 'ethnic cleansing' in her own part of the world in roughly the same time frame, though obviously not on the breathtaking scale of the Holocaust. As for the horrors of the Eastern Front, let's not even go there.

[@phoneguy7589]

I dont think she misread him at first at all, thats how he was when he arrived to start up production. He changed, but he did not start out the way he ended up.

[@lifelover515]

@@phoneguy7589 Quite right, fair comment, sir.

[@sspdirect02]

While making this movie, Spielberg wouldn't even communicate with the actors playing the Einsatzgruppen. These were actors of the German theater playing these parts. Spielberg would give them direction but he wouldn't make small talk with them as he couldn't get past the Schutzstaffel uniforms. That is until a beautiful thing happened very early in production. A Passover Seder was held at the hotel the cast and crew were staying. Spielberg had all the Jewish actors sitting around at a table, then all the German actors walked in wearing yarmulkes and participated in the rituals of the Passover Seder and Spielberg was moved to tears.

[@Sicarii86]

As a Turkish Jewish person, i cried with you maybe for the 50th time. Thank you very much for your sincere reaction. Please learn about the Holocaust and teach your children and friends because most of the world doesn't teach the Holocaust enough. NEVER AGAIN! NEVER FORGET!

[@tomstanziola1982]

As a Gentile, I am very sickened and ashamed by what was done to the Jewish people. As many times as I watch this film, I still cry at the end when they talk about the descendants of the Schindler Jews. I pray that ALL of those unfortunate victims are resting in the peace of the Lord now, and all pain and sorrow is ended! ✝️🙏❤️

[@Sicarii86]

Thank you! @@tomstanziola1982

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@Sicarii86 You're welcome! Be well, my friend!! 👍

[@Sicarii86]

You too Tom 🖐@@tomstanziola1982

[@immortal98638]

Agreed.Never again.

[@randiekay4994]

Ralph Fiennes played his role so well he scared the real Mila pfefferberg. He had to break character to console her.

[@ashokmorar]

This movie hits like a freight train of emotions. The fact that Steven Spielberg directed Jurassic Park and Schindler's List back to back highlights what a legend he is. His ability to direct across genres is unparalleled.

[@ASSASSIN19923]

Steven said was very hard to make this movie at same time with Jurassic Park because of tight schedule.

[@Aughtel]

Maybe "freight train" wasn't the best choice of words.

[@JirkaHeyduk]

I was born in Czechoslovakia (Czech republic now) and I have partly jewish ancestors, so this movie had great impact on me.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

When I saw that you were reacting to this film I came right here to watch it. No explanation on you part is necessary. This is, in my opinion the hardest film ever, to watch. I saw this with my three sons. When the film ended no one left until all the of credits ran. Then all 500+ of the theater goers rose in silence; and left the theater. No one spoke. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.

[@tomstanziola1982]

Aishwarya, unfortunately, the realities of the Holocaust were far worse than what Spielberg shows us here, especially in camps like Auschwitz. In places like that, medical experiments were performed on these unfortunate people. They were subjected to surgery without anesthesia, and far worse things. This level of cruelty was unparalleled in human history.

[@xhagast]

At that very time, the Russians were actually doing worse things to their own people. And would for decades. The Germans were actually just trying to get rid of a problem as fast as they could. The cruelty and evil were just inherent in the system because of the nature of the problem and their chosen "solution."a

[@MrJmdGames]

Not to mention the disease that spread, and the physical state of the prisoners. Places like the steps of mauthausen, the serb genocide in croatia, and the pow camps of imperial japan. Its horrific but if people feel like they can, its well worth to research deep into it. It must never happen again

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@MrJmdGames You are 100% correct.

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@kellynolen498 It enrages me when certain people try to pass this off as just a story. 😢

[@whocares110]

They loved twins, you could operate on one doing whatever disgusting insane experiment you wanted and have a perfect control group. One of the worst things about it however is that the US let many of the doctors conducting the experiments go free in exchange for the data.

[@TheAlmaward]

The girl is in red because she is what Schindler is looking at, so we focus on her, too. When she goes back inside, her coat goes back to gray because he cannot see her. When she's on the cart, dead, when they exhume and burn the bodies, she's in color again so we know that he recognized her - and that's what pushes him to save the people he saved. Schindler saved literally more people from death in the camps than anyone else. The movie says 1100, but it was actually closer to 1200. (Next is Sir Nicholas Winston, who saved 699 Jewish children.)

[@Rorschach7012]

girl in red coat symbolize innocence, nothing else.

[@Ira88881]

@@Rorschach7012 Of course not. It’s well explained above. While Schindler wasn’t oblivious to all the people being killed around her, him recognizing this one death had a special significance to him. Those others being killed could no longer be considered “anonymous.” Her presence put a personal face on the tragedy.

[@Rorschach7012]

@@Ira88881 I explained what the girl in the redcoat symbolize. Director first didn't had a meaning for the whole thing, then he came up with this "to schindler, she represents the innocence of jews being slaughtered" I think you need to look deep into the whole thing. There's another meaning the director said "the color red symbolize the nozo's unfeeling brutality and remorseless" what you said here even the director doesn't knows about it.

[@Ira88881]

@@Rorschach7012 I think you’re totally wrong. My interpretation is the one 99% of people come away with. Your abstract definition of “innocence” is weak.

[@Rorschach7012]

@@Ira88881 buddy i think u have to listen to what director said, y'all can scream bs but what the movie maker said what i said and what i said is on public domain, all you have to do is what the girl in the redcoat symbolize, you have to look into it. Bunch of bozos thought they can make something up lmao, I think this bs theory came up when liam Neeson reacted when he saw the corpse of that girl lol. I am surprised that people ignore what movie makers represent and create their own theory Edit: I think KZbin doesn't allow any outside link

[@ruairiedwards8616]

In my opinion, this is the best WWII and the best Steven Spielberg film of all time. Schindler’s List truly captures the horrors of what the Jews had to go through day and night while the war dragged on. It’s use of colour is limited, but used correctly. It’s used as hope that one day all the horrors would finally end, and as we know they did. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes give their best performances in their entire careers and John Williams score is beautiful. Overall, a powerful and brilliant film. Top 5 easily.

[@marijemuijen7000]

I totally agree! 💫

[@elhamjabarkhil605]

imo this is the best movie of all time

[@zincsupplylow7519]

This a Scene fiction Film that has been debunked scientifically brought to you by the only genocidal nation in the western world so you can be propagandized they also built that child abusing temple on little St James island and painted it in the colors of their flag. Their are also 60+ Newspapers claiming this event starting after WW1 up until a certain mustache came to power. Ps The J was the nucleus of the soviet state in that Era and under their control they managed to kill off more people that in the previous history of monotheism. Override your programming please.

[@ryanaromero]

Saving Private Ryan is the best war for me, also by Spielberg. Schindler's List is more of a holocaust movie.

[@pr-tj5by]

@@elhamjabarkhil605 I agree 100%

[@2steelshells]

Schindler was often criticized ,for his motives and morality.the movie is a masterpiece,and very flattering to Oscar.i think of it as art,and for judging him?thousands are alive because of his actions.thats enough for me.

[@Littleshopofmagick]

Me thinks the criticism of Schindler is because in this modern day heroes are always morally just and true to their word a la Captain America. Oskar Schindler was a liar, a manipulator, an opportunist, drunkard, greedy, womanizer, and lived a lavish lifestyle; It was all of these vices is what enabled Oskar to save all of those people. He was a very flawed persona and he was a hero. He could have been killed at any point if his real motives were realized at the time. After the war he didn’t become a great civil rights leader, he tried to go get back into business and to gain his lost wealth back. No one in Germany would do business with him and he died a poor alcoholic. He spoke very little of his war time efforts but he nor anyone else that knew him ever expressed regretting his efforts. I believe that at the end of the day he saved those people because it was the right thing to do. An easier way to say all this is that he was a piece of shit, but he wasn’t that much of a piece of shit.

[@Yardu8]

Thank you for this movie. I am Jewish and lost most of my family in the Holocaust. I cried with you. God bless you for your feelings.

[@jenfries6417]

This is indeed a true story. It's about a person who never had to be good before, who spent his whole life just chasing money and personal success and pleasure, but who found his own inherent goodness, his moral core, when the need was greatest. Oskar Schindler was not a bad guy, ever. He was greedy, self-centered, opportunistic, but he was never motivated by hate or extreme beliefs. He just had never been called on to do the right thing in his life, never had to think about doing the right thing. But when he was finally faced with the ultimate evil that people can do, he stepped up and did the right thing. He had no plan, no organization, nothing but money, but he sacrificed everything that he had previously thought mattered to him and did the right thing at the most basic, human level. When this movie came out, there were 6,000 descendants of the Schindler Jews. Today, I think the number is over 18,000. That's why doing the right thing matters. It determines what the future will be.

[@jillk368]

Thoughtful, sensitive reaction. Thank you so much for having a big heart and for sharing this.

[@andsoitshelby1924]

Your dad is definitely right about Band of Brothers! It’s a great series. It was created and produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who also collaborated on Saving Private Ryan.

[@puzzled_pelican3626]

Ralph Finnes did a fantastic job portraying the worst of humanity

[@Tconl]

And the movie actually TONED DOWN his cruelty... the reality was deemed not believable. Sending killer dogs at prisoners and well... worse.

[@moeball740]

Hey, after being Amon Göth I bet playing Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films seemed like playing a good guy by comparison.

[@denisobrien4253]

He played a real person, not composite or fictional character. A biracial German woman who as an infant been put into care and eventually adopted discovered at the age of 38 the is the granddaughter Amon Gothe. She wrote a book ," My Grandfather would have shot me ". As a toddler she had contact with biological mother and grandmother but after adoption she lost contact with them. Before her devastating discovery, she lived for several years in Israel, she even learned Hebrew. Her name is Jennifer Tiege.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

@@moeball740 that is a pretty immature comment. Why dont we say that General Zod was worse while we're at it.

[@Emiiliaaa]

Ralph Fiennes played Goeth so well that one survivor visiting the set, Mila Pfefferberg had a ptsd attack upon meeting him. She didn't see Ralph Fiennes, she saw Amon Goeth

[@thiagocastrodias2]

I never thought about it before, but it seems to me that the little girl in red represents both hope amidst the darkness, and what Schindler would do later. Remember that only after he sees her dead that he finally takes another path, and makes his list. I think he decided to do his best to keep hope alive, as soon as he saw the little girl lifeless. Almost like an act of continuation. Resuming, the little girl represents those acts of people like Schindler that brought hope, during the Holocaust. By being color in a colorless world.

[@angusferdinandleonardojone8501]

He started out as a war profiteer, but slowly had a change of heart. Amazing character arc. Truly one of the best films ever made!

[@snet3483]

Qui ? A profite de la guerre ? Svp 😊

[@chiasanzes9770]

@@snet3483 Oskar Schindler ofcourse.

[@snet3483]

@@chiasanzes9770 yes

[@XeonAlpha]

The score for Schindler's List was composed by the legendary John Williams. If you've seen a Spielberg movie, you know John Williams' music (Star Wars, ET, Super Man, Indiana Jones, Jaws... even the Olympic's fanfare theme is a Williams score). When Spielberg approached him to score Schindler's List, Williams responded that it would be too difficult saying, 'You need a better composer than I am for this film.' Spielberg responded, 'I know. But they're all dead.'

[@graywade9225]

Your reaction made me cry... a lot! I felt your empathy pouring out of you, and am so happy you got to experience this film. Not easy, but necessary. I wish everyone would watch. I don't know you at all, but I can say without reserve, I love you.

[@IndianCalypso]

Thank you very much my friend

[@robertshriver4574]

Excellent reaction. I have seen this movie many times and still tear up when Schindler says he could have gotten more. If you are interested,there was a Japanese Schindler, Chiune Sugihara, who saved between 4500 to 6000 during World War 2 in Asia.

[@Ira88881]

Yep! He gave them visas to escape!

[@lewisner]

Also Hermann Goring had a brother called Albert who saved many Jews and was allowed to go free after the war.

[@markpekrul4393]

There are very few films like this, of which we can say that THIS is the reason the art of cinema was invented. It's fascinating to listen to interviews with Spielberg on the subject. Robin Williams would call him some evenings when he was filming in Poland just to try to make him laugh so he could let the day go.

[@preston_s.]

This movie reminds me that humanity is always at least one generation away from being capable of the same atrocities. That's why it's so important that we teach ourselves and our families to value all human life equally.

[@TheseDarkWoods]

I've seen this movie several times, but this reaction tore me up. I need to see something funny now, while the tears dry. I like you.

[@Templarofsteel88]

The more disturbing fact is that Goeth (Amon Leopold Göth) was even worse in real life, they played him down because they did not think people would believe what happened.

[@Zorros2ndCousinTwiceRemoved]

This is the one movie in existence I can think of that everybody *needs* to have watched at least once. Doubtless not only among the greatest of all time, but also among the most important of all time. Over the years I've watched it just three times because it's so incredibly exhausting, but I can't say how many reactions I've watched just to somehow see it once more "for the first time" through someone else's eyes. Your reaction really took me along on the journey, your empathy is really quite infectious. Since you do mostly series, I'd wish you'd watch more classic movies on this channel because I'd love to see more reactions.

[@terrygracy8345]

I have only watched it once and prob won’t ever again. At least all the way through. It’s fascinating. Normally I can watch a great movie many times. This is the exception

[@redviper6805]

My Dad, my brother, and I went to Krakow, Poland in May 2006 and went to a few film locations of Schindler’s List. The remains of the factory, including that long staircase, and the hill where Schindler and his riding companion witnessed the liquidation of the ghetto. The music really breaks you; John Williams truly is a master. And Itzhak Perlman, a renowned violinist throughout the world, does that violin solo very well

[@wiccantexan]

Dzień dobry is "good morning" in Polish. My mother's family is from Poland - most of the records in her home town were destroyed; their existence wiped from history.

[@cimiez1]

Thank

[@emilysmith259]

I always envisioned the importance of the girl in the red coat was that Schindler noticed her. Noticed her specifically, meaning she stood out among all the chaos. Because she was alone? Because she was wearing a red coat? Because she seamed unphased by what was going on around her? Who knows. But for some reason, he noticed HER. And THAT was important because he sees what happened to her later on - knowing she was just an innocent child. And I think that is when the reality of the situation REALLY hits Schindler.

[@dan_hitchman007]

They colored the coat red to signify that Schindler picked the child out among the chaos and identified with her. Then he sees her body again at the pyre and it brings it all home for him.

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

I hear the girl is based on a real girl in a bright red coat. I don't recall the full story. I always figured she represents innocence. Just a scared child alone in the world trying to get through it. That is when he starts to truly see what is going on. When he sees her dead it truly hits home.

[@daedalron]

@@Deathbird_Mitch Yes, some survivors have mentioned the girl may be based on Gittel Chill, a young girl living in the ghetto, and who often wore a bright red coat. Her parents fled to hide in the countryside at the start of the war, and couldn't bring a baby (at the time) with them, so they left her in Krakow with her uncle. Gittel died in the ghetto extermination, and both her parents also didn't survive the war.

[@joedirt688]

A movie that should not ever be forgotten, in this lifetime, or any future lifetime.

[@robertmckenna3994]

My grandfather was part of the Third Army under General Patton when Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated. He never talked about what he saw there to anyone in the family except to say,”I didn’t know people could do that to other people.”

[@m.r4841]

He was lucky. It was just a labor camp. The death camps were much worse

[@LennyCash777]

"We defeated the wrong enemy." - General George Patton

[@robertmckenna3994]

@@m.r4841 apparently you never heard of Ilse Koch.

[@m.r4841]

@@robertmckenna3994 I heard of her. I'm not saying there weren't deaths at the labor camps. They were horrific. I don't doubt that. But the labor camps don't even compare to the horror of the death camps which were designed to kill as many people as efficient as possible. Your example is good. Buchenwald was a horrifying place but the numbers, here about 50,000 who died don't even come close to the far over 1 Million who died at Auschwitz. And I haven't even mentioned the cruel experiments of Joseph Mangele. The death camps are still much much worse than the labor camps.

[@jor.jor.]

During the intro saying you knew nothing about the movie and such, all I could think was "Oh my sweet summer child" lol such an impactful film. It's truly horrifying, but I think everyone should see it at least once because it is also very important. Your reaction was so genuine, great video! I hope you had some ice cream or something uplifting after watching it to decompress.

[@IndianCalypso]

Haha thank you friend!! I had no ice cream :((( Was left heartbroken even after recording!

[@Sheepyrawr]

Band of brothers is an immense show. I watch it every year or so. It's a must watch

[@headhunter1945]

"Liam Neeson, why are you on that side?" During that time, Nazi party membership was important if you wanted to have any sort of job of any importance at all, or if you needed to have connections for business and so on. Thus, yes, Schindler himself was a member of the Nazi party. We should remember that most Germans were not Nazis, and not bad people. This even applies to some who were members of the Nazi party.

[@joescott8877]

With this affecting reaction, you've moved towards the top of my "list" of dozen or so reactors I've seen experience this incredibly powerful masterpiece

[@IndianCalypso]

Thank you my friend

[@joescott8877]

@@IndianCalypso 😃

[@nickthepeasant]

Remains one of mt favourite movies of all time - a historic document and a great work of art. And after seeing it at least a dozen times, I sob at the end every single time.

[@edp5886]

I've often thought about the young boy who said "I'll put you in the good line". How traumatic that must have been for him to put people in the bad line - I bet he sees or saw their faces his entire life - if he survived the war.

[@aaronburdon221]

A movie that everyone should watch at least once. A testament to the cruelty of men against their fellow man. The sad part is that Amon Goethe was actually much MUCH worse in real life. He was extreme even for the Natzhee party. Granted Spielburg was kind to Schindler. He was not a great person in general, but compared to the chaos going on around him, he came off really well. P.S. need to go drink a glass of water because you're probably dehydrated from crying so much.

[@wisdomwisher]

Profound grief may be the most appropriate reaction to this movie. Thanks for being willing to share your grief with us.

[@butkusfan23]

Best reaction to this film, by far. You understood the plot, and you could see how each scene moved you and stirred your emotions. This film is not meant to be pleasant, and your reaction to it proves you are a good human being.

[@IndianCalypso]

Thank you my friend!

[@OriginalPuro]

We are lucky they show this in 8th grade here in Norway, if not 7th grade. It's a necessary watch, no matter how difficult.

[@rubenalvarez48]

It is very difficult but also so important to see and understand that we must never let anything like this happen again! Thank you for your sincere and emotional reaction that shows your good heart!

[@VaelenGar]

They actually toned down the portrayal of Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes), he was really much, much worse. Spielberg had to tone things down a bit because he did not think people would believe what actually happened.

[@heatherferrell7189]

This is the first movie I remember watching that I actually recognized actors from afterwards. Every time I saw Ralph Fiennes in a movie after this, I always thought about his portrayal of evil Amon Goeth.

[@Wuschel1990]

It is a really hard movie to watch when you don't know whats coming. When I first watched it in class it literally destroyed my worldview of my own country and ancestors. I still come back to this movie every once in a while because I love the music. John Williams actually has shared a story after winning a Life achievement Award. Spielberg and him had watched the Movie to spot what parts and what kind of music the film should have. But John Williams was so overwelmed that he could not even speak. He had to go out and walk around the building to gather himself enough to go back in and start the discussion. When he got back, John Williams told Steven Spielberg that Steven would need a better composer for this film. Steven replyed: "I know, but they are all dead." Basically saying you are the best we got.

[@XerxesLangrana]

55:09 When Schindler breaks down - the scene gets me every time. It is absolutely the most touching scene in the film. And the ending, where all the survivors place stones on Schindler’s grave (a mark of respect in Jewish tradition), is the most epic ending of any film I’ve ever watched. The performances, technical excellence and soundtrack of this film will probably never be surpassed in the history of cinema. Thank you for this reaction. Best of luck to the channel. P.S. The DVD of this film had a documentary and interviews of the survivors done by the Shoah Foundation. I hope you can watch that as well. And Subbed!

[@randomshoutsderpodcast]

I think one of the scariest things about this is, how tiny 6.000 (over time) saved is compared to 6.000.000 murdered.

[@StarShipGray]

It’s difficult to believe but they actually toned down Amon Goeth (Ralph Finnes) for this film. The filmmakers believed that it would be too unbelievable if they depicted his real life cruelty and love of indiscriminate murder on screen. As bad as he is in this film he was indescribably worse in reality.

[@morcellemorcelle618]

I'm not evan sure if he really belived in the nazi ideology or just needed an excuse to be purley sadistic

[@Wonkothenormal]

@@morcellemorcelle618 Well the the other nazi authorites comitted him to mental institution later on, so he was really unhinged.

[@lewisner]

@@morcellemorcelle618 If you look up the story of the recently sentenced serial killer Lucy Letby there was nothing in her life that you could say led to her crimes but she still did them.

[@MarcoMM1]

Great reaction like always, everytime i watch this masterpiece of cinema i cry, its so emotional and touching. In case you are wondering or didn't know, the little girl in the red coat was based off a real person. In the film, the little girl is played by actress Oliwia Dabrowska, who-at the age of three-promised Spielberg that she would not watch the film until she was 18 years old. She allegedly watched the movie when she was 11, breaking her promise, and spent years rejecting the experience. Later, she told the Daily Mail, “I realized I had been part of something I could be proud of. Spielberg was right: I had to grow up to watch the film.” The actual girl in the red coat was named Roma Ligocka; a survivor of the Krakow ghetto, she was known amongst the Jews living there by her red winter coat. Ligocka, now a painter who lives in Germany, later wrote a biography about surviving the Holocaust called "The Girl in the Red Coat." That i suggest you to read. And some other facts about this movie is that, Spielberg refused to accept a salary for making the movie, Spielberg didn't want a movie star with Hollywood clout to portray Schindler. Kevin Costner and Mel Gibson auditioned for the role. Keep up the good work.

[@BobBlumenfeld]

Inasmuch as Mel Gibson took after his father as an anti-Semite, I'm very grateful he didn't get the role.

[@jackg.1683]

Not true. The little girl in the red coat in Schindlers List was not based off Ligocka or any specific person. Ligocka said as a little girl she liked to wear a red coat and saw herself in the character when she saw the movie. It was not based on her, she just related to it. She later wrote that memoir Girl In The Red Coat after being inspired by the movie.

[@BobBlumenfeld]

@@jackg.1683 It does seem strange that a little girl who did not die or have anything else to do with the Holocaust would somehow inspire Spielberg to create a character who did.

[@Shell2164]

The girl in the red coat represents the allies knowing all the concentration camps and doing nothing about it and not caring tbh.

[@yehudahecht1520]

No, the girl in the red coat represents exactly what she is: a girl in a red coat. She appears in color and you think to yourself, _there must be something important about her. There must be some reason she's in color. She must survive._ And when you see her in the cremation, you realize... No one was special. Everyone was slaughtered, no matter who they were.

[@mahaval]

When you said you knew nothing about the movie I laughed thinking “she’s gonna get wrecked”. When you got wrecked I wasn’t laughing, I was crying with you. This is a hard movie to watch.

[@shakycam3]

The movie changes you. I went into the theater completely cold. All I knew was it was Steven Spielberg and had something to do with WWII. When the lights went out in that shower scene it was pitch black in the theater. And I will never forget the absolute dead silence at the end of the movie. No one moved or breathed.

[@hardybryan]

I can't imagine watching this not knowing it's about the Holocaust. It's a phenomenal movie, but traumatizing in its realism. I imagine it's extra hard to handle unprepared.

[@ptitecame6688]

"I really wonder how hell is treating all these idiots" Great line.

[@brandonhollingsworth6636]

Thank you for watching and feeling what happened. The most important film in the history of cinema.

[@jamesshulkind5077]

A lot of people have been doing reactions to this movie, but to see someone from such a vastly different culture and upbringing from mine (20 years in the US, and 20 in Israel), it's really beautiful to see how it impacted you, having little knowledge of to what degree the Holocaust is taught in your region. To all who see this film, I thank you. The purpose of the film was to show the world, so I deeply thank you. You've done a service, because even just having watched it, you are keeping the memory alive. There are fewer and fewer survivors as time goes on, to share their stories, so thank you, for the third time.

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

I was a teenager and took my mother to see this film in a theater - the theater was packed, and I remember the entire audience bawling when the real people walked onto the scene at the end. It was lovely to watch your video - your response is so true and real!

[@spshc]

They re-estimated the number of decedents and it is closer to 8500 to 9000.

[@golfr-kg9ss]

An incredible but heartbreaking movie. This should be required watching in secondary school. If for no other reason than to teach people how bad people can become under the right conditions.

[@ferrisulf]

Yes, it may be time to take a breather from these type of movies. They are extremely important, but it's emotionally exhausting to watch them back to back. I definitely recommend The Pianist (both the book and movie), which is also a true story. These are important movies. Schindler's List in particular. Everyone should watch it at least once in their lives.

[@xhagast]

One of the good things about this movie is that after watching it you don't need to see others on the same subject. You can spare yourself the misery. And brutal as it is, it actually has a happy ending. Sofi's Choice doesn't.

[@ferrisulf]

I watch more on the same subject because a lot more happened than this. Such stories don't need happy endings because there were millions that didn't. A happy ending isn't the point. @@xhagast

[@xhagast]

@@ferrisulf Of course it isn't, but it makes the movie watchable, not tragedy pron.

[@davecsa7286]

Thank you for you reaction, to answer your question, Goeth was ordered to make space at the camp, so the children were loaded into the trucks and taken to another camp probably Auschwitz for extermination. Bear in mind the children were useless to the Nazi's too young to work.

[@professionalvampire1]

The Nazis didn't only kill the children because they were too young to work; if the children lived they would carry on the existence of the Jewish race, which the Nazis wanted to exterminate.

[@johncase1353]

For those who dont know the meaning of putting a stone on the grave. Its a Jewish tradition. Its called a remembrance stone. Its a sign you haven't forgotten the person who died and is always places with the left hand.

[@DerGeek]

Very respectful and emotional reaction.

[@rheverend]

The sight of that red coat on the wheelbarrow broke me. I was a sobbing mess for the rest of the movie

[@djgrant8761]

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke.

[@darastarscream]

The bit when Schindler sees the little girl in the red coat-- in real time, you watch a piece of his heart die.

[@snet3483]

Oui mais c est l a qu il prend conscience de se qu il doit faire pour eux ! 😊

[@gazork123]

Your reaction to Schindler's List is very moving. I think your heart is as beautiful as you are. I've watched this movie, and the reactions to it, over and over. It took forever for me to notice that, when the Jews were placing stones on Schindler's grave (which is a sign of respect among those of the Jewish faith) they left an opening in the shape of the cross of Jesus Christ, which showed respect to Schindler's faith. It's my faith also, and that really touched me. No matter how many times I watch this scene with the survivors in the cemetery, my "water works" never fail to flow.

[@janusz4695]

I'm Polish. Yes, my dear beautiful girl. This was how it was in Poland for 6 years of war. The Germans murdered Jews, but also Poles. 6 million of us died. Mass executions in the forests, where women, children and the elderly were not spared. There is a grave near my town where 12,000 Poles were murdered. My family suffered too. Therefore, let us all, wherever we live, say a firm NO to fascism and war. Regards.

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

The girl in the red coat amongst the black and white symbolized the world not noticing the holocaust happening right in front of them. Fun fact: The real life Amon Goeth was 6'8", and when he was hanged, his feet touched the ground before his neck could snap, and he died from slow hanging, which ia very painful.

[@stephenmalley3729]

I am glad this caused you so much distress. Not that you need to be distressed but it shows your good heart . This is a horror that should never be repeated and we must learn from history not try to rewrite it.

[@shade5731]

Yikes. I can hardly imagine going into this movie without knowing what you're signing up for. I've watched it perhaps 3 times over the course of my life and each and every time I had to build myself up to it for days, even weeks ahead of time knowing how rough it is. Just showing up to watch without knowing is like going to a car show and getting run over by a tank.

[@codyfletcher7218]

The girl in red symbolizes the change to Schindler’s humanity and conscience. First time was eye-opening, the second was soul-destroying.

[@codyfletcher7218]

Additionally, he was invited to plant the tree, but after his death he was buried at Mount Sinai in Jerusalem, possibly the only Nazi to receive such an honor.

[@domino427family]

I just got here from a random recommendation and you started out so happy, loving trains, ignorant of the movie's material and I was screaming inside you need to prepare. but no real way to prepare. we watched in high school. it is one of the best movies ever made, and feels weird saying your reaction video was great. i cried with you, i can never watch without crying. now i gotta see if you reacted to anything funny.

[@terrygracy8345]

I’m just giving you the like because you are watching it. I’ve watched it once all the way through and I can’t do it again. It’s an absolutely amazing movie but it takes an emotional toll like no other

[@snarkysquirrel]

i cant imagine going into this blind. its so well done but so intense and heavy.

[@nathanjacobus3577]

You've planned for yourself a very emotionally heavy schedule of reactions. I hope you'll add some lighter viewing in between to help alleviate your mood. In the mean while big virtual hugs. 🤗 And thank you for letting all of us join you on this journey!

[@ThatBlackPiano]

Aaaaand NOW, you have to react to “The Pianist”, “The Boy In the Striped Pajamas”, (these two movies are historically accurate) and “JoJo Rabbit” (based on historical subjects, but not real people).

[@ChienaAvtzon]

“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is historically inaccurate and whitewashes what happened.

[@EdwinSemidey]

1 of the best movies of all times , I admit as a grown man 24 yrs in the Military I was in tears through most of this film.

[@Tconl]

Damn, that sniper is really patient. He's got her in the crosshairs the entire video.

[@ESPirits87]

What baffles me the most is how little respect anyone can have for another human, okay if you have different opinions, you don't get along with them, but this is just beyond insanity.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

The best example to understand this is in the German movie "Daz Experiment". Where basically a bunch of friends try an experiment where a bunch of them become the prisoners of a prison and the others become the prison guards. Then battle of classes transform all of them and those playing prison guards start showing enormous disdain for the prisoners and they start to abuse of their powers. It is is very shiling and a very "human" thing to do. It is pretty great.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

@@kellynolen498 Thanks, I'll check it out.

[@JohnWelsh-oz3jz]

I’ve seen this movie before and yet I was still crying right alongside you. Wonderful reaction. You have a new subscriber.

[@ncheadhntr3]

Of all Schindlers list reaction videos, yours is the only one that made me cry with you as though I was watching it on my own. Thank you for this.

[@tonyyul703]

Please understand this that these events not only happened in World War II it's happened recently in Rwanda... The message needs to be that if we're not careful this can happen again in our lifetime....

[@SageKronsell]

So many other people have made good comments, the only thing i want to add is that in real life, since Schindler worked with Admiral Canaris he knew EXCATLY what was going on way before its shown in the movie and he set out to save as many people as he could from the very beginning. Was changed in the film for the dramatic redemption arc purpose. Great reaction

[@daisyoverton1302]

This movie should be shown in all school it’s based on true events

[@Sd-cl6of]

This is one movie, that does not need anyone to talk. They should just watch and listen. Just as you did.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

the jews weren't the only victims of the holocaust. an estimated 10-12 million civilian, non-combatants were murdered at the hands of the nazis. the victims stretched all across europe and included political opponents, small town politicians, union leaders, liberals, socialists, communists, opposing right wing leaders, military personel, teachers, students, scholars, writers, journalists, religious leaders, scientists, slavs and gypsies. two great companion pieces to this film are "uprising" (2001) and the 1959 version of "the diary of anne frank."

[@parrychapman7703]

I don't know all the details, but I do know that the little girl in the red coat was an homage to Audrey Hepburn, a Dutch actress and WWII survivor. She told Spielberg the story of her seeing a little girl in similar attire wondering by herself while all around her were shot or loaded on trains. That story stuck with Spielberg and he recalled it when he started Shindler's List. He could think of no better way to honor his friend than to include part of her true story in his movie masterpiece.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

The Girl in the Red Coat was based on a Jewish girl named Genia, who was related to the Dresners and died during the liquidation.

[@tigqc]

A well made, highly emotional success story.

[@dan_hitchman007]

I have seen documentaries of WWII and The Holocaust and the death camps with actual footage... believe me, "Schindler's List" and its depiction of the horrors was tame by comparison. It's still a masterpiece of a film and I can understand that Spielberg had to take dramatic liberties to keep the film within an R rating. Otherwise, few could have seen it in the theaters.

[@tomstanziola1982]

I've seen the actual concentration camp footage myself several times, and it's forever burned into my memory. I also read an account that one of the camps was liberated by General Patton's army, and that tough old warrior was so horrified by what he saw, and was so overwhelmed with grief that he had to remove himself to a private place, because he didn't want to weep in front of his men.

[@lewisner]

@@tomstanziola1982 There's a video of Dirk Bogarde who was among the liberators of the death camps and it's powerful stuff.

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@lewisner That is something I didn't know. I'll have to look for that. As horrible as it will be, I'd still like to see it for myself. Thank you for the update.

[@richardjones4662]

I'm very thankful that Spielberg did it in this way, I wouldn't be able to watch it if it accurately portrayed the full depravity of the situation.

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@richardjones4662 That's the fine line artists have to walk along when trying to depict real evil on screen.