Schindler's List (1993) | Canadians First Time Watching | Movie React & Review | Heart shattering...

[@Rmlohner]

In 2012, the number of descendants of the Schindlerjuden was updated from the 6,000 stated in this 1993 film to over 8,500. That line "There will be generations because of what you did" is no exaggeration.

[@sianne79]

10,300 now

[@synagogueofsteak5006]

@@sianne79 Look at the descendants of the 669 children saved by Nicholas Winton. Dwarfs Schindler.

[@speedygonzales7147]

@@synagogueofsteak5006 no it does not dwarf his achievement. I can name you a dozen other man and women going against the regime saving hundreds of lifes. This is not at all a competition. But you are right the others must be named too like Paul Grüninger, Hans Georg Calmeyer, Gilberto Bosques, Hans von Dohnanyi, Angelo Donati, Kálmán Ferenczfalvi, Irene Gut Opdyke, Rudolf Kasztner, Dimitar Peschew (48000 saved!), Gerhard Schmidhuber, Aristides de Sousa Mendes and many many more. Oskar Schindler was one of the most at risk persons due to the fact he was so close to the regime and saved thousands of lives who couldn't be reached by no one else anymore but even those who saved only one of them and have not been named anywhere are giants and not at all by any meaning something like dwarfing each other.

[@tube1062]

@@speedygonzales7147 Let's not forget Raoul Wallenberg's achievements en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg

[@yehudahecht1520]

@@tube1062 Chiune Sugihara.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara

[@xgrahamsmith]

I love that when Spielberg asked John Williams to score this, Williams saw the draft cut, broke down and told Spielberg he needed a better composer. Spielberg replied, yes, but they’re all dead. Implying that he thought Williams was the greatest living composer.

[@Henricque80]

Wow... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@hornerinf]

True

[@theblindjedi41]

And he was right. No one but John Williams could have done this justice with the music.

[@jp3813]

@@sophiamarchildon3998 Look up the video "John Williams accepts the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award".

[@jp3813]

@@tiffaniterris2886 🤦‍♂This score is so iconic & widely revered that its quality isn't even debatable anymore. And nobody in their right mind would've picked Zimmer to score a holocaust film in the early 90s.

[@citrusforce]

Robin Williams would often call Spielberg during the production of this movie and would make him laugh to cheer him up. Yet another reason why I will forever love Robin.

[@rayreyes5405]

I met Mr. Williams a few times back in the 90s. Super nice guy in person. I still miss him.

[@Jim87_36]

Forever and always the goat. RIP Mr. Williams

[@Darkswordz]

"I could have gotten one more person, and I didn't." That line always gets me right in the heart. Very powerful movie.

[@matthewganong1730]

It hits hard because it’s watching a man realize that every life is priceless.

[@soranraina4391]

I cry everytime i see that

[@xtldc]

@@soranraina4391 me too

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

When Stern shakes his head in surprise and then forgiveness.

[@VivyTheHuntress]

Even just thinking about that scene makes me emotional. Just incredible acting.

[@heyitsmemg7494]

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

[@jthomann71]

I believe the ring drop was accidental and included for realism. The girl in the red coat was based on a real girl, Roma Ligocka, though she did survive the war.

[@merchillio]

I’m so glad they used that visual technique. “A death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic”. The human brain cannot comprehend a mountain of bodies, the numbers are inimaginable, but by focusing on one character that we remember from before forces us to acknowledge the individuality and humanity of each victim.

[@jthomann71]

@@merchillio My daughter had a dance class that did a beautiful routine in their end of year show set to Itzhak Perlman's violin piece from Schindler's List and featured all but one of the performers in white and one little girl in red dancing, weaving her way through the others. People in the audience (fans of the movie, I assume) cried their eyes out.

[@NatalieHamama-b2d]

I read that the little girl in the red coat didn’t survive her relatives said it

[@captainchaos3667]

You have that backwards. The girl in the red coat was not based on any specific person, but Roma Ligocka had a very similar experience (a little Jewish girl in the ghetto of Kraków wearing a red coat) and identified with the character so much that she wrote a book called The Girl In The Red Coat.

[@MichaelScheele]

Dropping the ring is a completely understandable occurrence when the maelstrom of emotions of the moment is considered.

[@mrkemrk]

As brutal as this film is, it's light-handed. It represents a tiny percentage of the wickedness and madness of the camps.

[@xhagast]

And light-hearted, a lot of people made it out alive.

[@rabbitandcrow]

Almost all of the stories about WW2 and the Holocaust are from the Western European point of view. But the war was primarily a war for Eastern Europe. Half of the people who died in the Holocaust never even saw a camp - they were shot over pits near to where they lived. The reason we hear about Auschwitz is that some people survived Auschwitz because it was a slave labor camp. But there were almost no survivors from Treblinka or Belzec - so we don't even have those stories. The Holocaust was even worse than we imagine.

[@Tosse901]

@@rabbitandcrow I think the most stressful movie I have ever watched is "come and see" which shows the horrors in belarus commited by nazis. And it was made by soviets and really is just the best and most painful Anti-war movie I have ever seen. If you haven't seen that, I recommend that movie to you, as it shows the story from an eastern european point of view.

[@B20C0]

@@Tosse901 Yeah, that movie completly wrecked me.

[@markdodson6453]

Stanley Kubrick abandoned his own holocaust film, "Aryan Papers," partly because of Spielberg's film, but also, as he said, to show the true horrors of what the Nazis did would be to make an essentially un-filmable and unwatchable movie.

[@Aaron-io8vw]

At the end they put stones on his grave for a reason and its very heartwarming. In Jewish tradition we consider it a mitzvah (a commandment or a good deed) to participate in the burial of loved ones ourselves, when we visit the grave of a relative after they havr been buried already we place a stone on it to symbolically do this again. By putting the stones on his grave they where honouring him as if he was a member of their family.

[@michelleblackwell5122]

When I was in 7th grade we were shown actual footage of camps being liberated and then investigated. Allied soldiers puking upon entering the camps, film showing the emaciated prisoners, crates of hair, containers of teeth, even a container with body parts (including heads), and film showing the Allied soldiers bulldozing bodies into pits for mass burial. I was old/empathetic/mature enough for that to impact me greatly. Great care needs to be taken when weighing out when a young person should watch this movie. I feel they need to reach a certain place in development that allows the movie to do the work it was meant to do, not just show history, but be horrified, but not traumatized.

[@thedudeabides2531]

"The growth is amazing." That's precisely why Schindler was portrayed as the "selfish businessman" in the beginning only to grow into a selfless hero by the end. It's the perfect character arc which is what makes the story much more interesting.

[@Patton7790]

Love the beginning of the film and shows how business was number one goal despite the ugliness of the Nazi. We experience and witness the horror. The personal Responsibility has a culture or people to stop this. He did what he could do and felt guilty. I will remember until I die. Debates of Anne Frank regarding the idea of giving up someone to save your family. Half of the class said they would. Half didn’t. Most likely most would have given up anyone to save themselves. I blew up and has a scent of a women episode condemning the lot. I’d like to think now I would have been brave. I would storm the gates of hell with an army but as a human I hope to god I could. As absence with survivors in not believing in a god. That might do it. As I’ve said before have a good life to spite these monsters. As far as faith goes. It’s easy for me to say anything you or your family did and I didn’t. Let’s hope the Stephen and others or ourselves make a platform for these films to be shown for free to all. Counter arguments don’t suffice in my world view regarding this subject. For humanity and future generations. This movie should be free. To those I have been less considerate talking about these subjects as some have suggested. There is no time and space for anything other then truth. I would like to find funding for more movies and American rhetoric. Was thinking of Schindler’s list. Counter argument might be then we should have pro Nazi films. No. No, need for that. I think having a platform for free in sense even with ads would be useful and educational. Counter arguments could be made for other platforms. These are not mine. Thanks. One of the greatest cinematic gifts was that film and we saw it for free in my freshman year of high school. The entrance fee was a parents permission slip because it was an r. Rated film. Of other people have similar ideas or even ideas against these I’m open. Maybe someone has a better idea. Copyright fees can be paid from aservisnents. Studio and Spielberg and actors can still get whatever money they have gotten since the early 200’s. My favorite scene is Schindler played by Liam Neeson, least favorite scenes are the rest of the film. Not that it doesn’t have merit but the brutality of inhumanity is beyond sometimes what a person can even consume watching a film. To those and family members who died. Some near to me. We love you and you mattered. I certainly can understand the darkness of thinking maybe there is no God of any kind after that. I wish I could help. The only way I can do so now is ask for contributions to: Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education and other such organizations. It easy to say coming close to another dreadful day of the 11th. I promise you until the end of time none of you are forgotten. Fully compassionate God on high: To our six million brothers and sisters murdered because they were Jews, grant clear and certain rest with You in the lofty heights of the sacred and pure whose brightness shines like the very glow of heaven. Source of mercy: Forever enfold them in the embrace of Your wings; secure their souls in eternity. Adonai: they are Yours. They will rest in peace. Amen. You are my older brothers and sisters. We have a bond. Go in light. Again if I angered anyone who lived through this or a loved one. I can’t say how sorry I am. I would enter the abyss to save you or your loved one as much as anyone can say so. I wouldn’t and couldn’t live with even the representation of the darkness that was a reality. Life wouldn’t be meaningful in any measure. Thanks and I hope I expressed myself worthy enough for your feelings and thoughts on this matter. This is such a sensitive subject I’m sure I’m not in full consideration of options or facts. I can offer my goodwill and love. Thanks.

[@larrote6467]

@@Patton7790 he would be even more unlikable if people knew his trajectory before arriving at kraków, it truly was a transformation

[@Asehpe]

And it asks us, would we have had the same growth? I see him trying to convince other industrialists to save their own Jewish workers, people they also started caring about since they're giving them extra food... and yet he couldn't get them on board. Who would we have been, if we had been in Schilder's shoes?

[@bloof5455]

I love to see people still reacting to and watching this movie. It’s an extremely important movie.

[@GatorNick]

I agree....It should be watched by every person on the globe at least once.

[@reppinseattle7974]

Simone's reactions were almost too much. You can see the pain in her face.

[@free..to..air..]

Very...very important indeed.. Man's inhumanity to Man..was never better illustrated...a seminal film

[@Paula_Shelton]

Absolutely

[@crillane]

16:47 Her reaction seeing the girl in the red coat was heartbreaking

[@randallshuck2976]

The movie implies that scene was the turning point for Schindler

[@funkyjbass7762]

Yes, the Gril in the Red Coat is just an absolute brilliant piece of film making. Forcing the viewers attention exactly where it needs to be. Manipulating the viewer's emotion to match that of the character's. It is just master class. Almost like the entire movie was in B&W just to be able to show her better and have that impact.

[@juanv8758]

The woman you referred to, who shook at the sight of Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth was Helen Hirsch (she was the woman Amon had as his maid). That's a testament to Ralph Fiennes as an actor and to the unforgettable trauma that she lived through.

[@padfolio]

There was another German officer, Oskar Dirlewanger, who if anything, was even worse than Goeth.

[@daedalron]

No, the one who shook at the sight of Fiennes was Mila Pfefferberg. AFAIK Helen Hirsch didn't come to the set of the movie in Poland.

[@JJ-qc6lh]

he who saves one life saves the world entire. כל המציל נפש אחת כאילו הציל עולם ומלואו. my grandpa (may he RIP) was a survivor from transnitria. he lost his entire family in the holocaust except his brother who found himself somewhere in south america he never got to meet him though. my grandpa met and married my grandma in the ghetto. i really appreciate that you took the time to watch this film. we must never forget.

[@Rickhorse1]

A couple of comments from an old guy. :-) I remember before this film was in the theaters, hearing that the production was delayed often by people literally breaking down with emotion. But more importantly, in this day & age when so many people don't "believe" history...the existence of this film delivers the visceral, psychological impact that reading an account of the atrocities just can't deliver in the same way. A painful watch, for sure.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

_"But more importantly"_ "Importance" is a myth. All our ancestors could have simply gone sterile a very long time ago. Humans are just egomaniacs. If you were really "an old guy" you would know this. 3.4 million years of Stone Age, 6,000 years of post-Stone Age and here we are, a species of egomaniacs who think the universe revolves around us.

[@jmacd8817]

@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps well, you certainly lived up to your name. And with the usual self centered, oblivious ineptitude. Congrats!

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@@jmacd8817 How am I self-centered, how am I oblivious and how am I inept? EDIT: Pointing out "importance" is a myth proves I am not self-centered and backing it up with actual facts proves I am neither oblivious or inept.

[@Trip_Fontaine]

Spielberg actually toned down Amon Göth's atrocities since he was worried it wouldn't be believable if he showed the full extent of how evil Göth was.

[@pokes404]

It never fails. After watching two hours of people treating other human beings like cattle, seeing the humanity in Schindler as he weeps that he didn't save one more person always makes me tear up.

[@brycealthoff8092]

Worst than cattle. If a farmer treated their animals like this, they’d go to jail.

[@mastixencounter]

🤣🤣

[@gregall2178]

Speaking of Ben Kingsley, the scene where the "pardoned" boy is shot... his reaction as the second shot is heard is brilliant.

[@Kasino80]

Yes, the way his arms and shoulders are tense until the fatal shot, and then lowers them in a moment of silent dispair while caring on with his day to day.

[@markdodson6453]

@@Kasino80 That moment always wipes me out. Just watching his arms sink in utter despair before we, the audience, know what has happened.

[@no127]

I think the boy's reaction at the first and second shots was brilliant too! He jumps at the first shot and looks back. He just continues to just slowly walk forward after the second shot which makes it seem like he is absolutely helpless and he has lost all hope. Very heart breaking to watch.

[@Notsosweetstevia]

It’s a super tough watch, but it must me seen by everyone.

[@vegasbaby3669]

Facts

[@optimusprowse6448]

The sad thing is: The stuff that going in this movie is nowhere near as gruesome as the reality was. I think I watched this movie 6 times when I was in school here in Germany. I've been to 3 Concentration Camps and it's just... As soon as I entered the place, I felt sad. What happened in those 12 years is beyond terrible. This movie gets me every time.

[@kevtb874]

The one more person scene at the end breaks me every time. One of the greatest pieces of acting I've ever seen.

[@adrianfuegoscuro6308]

He says "Christ!" When the gun did not work...The Irony. Ralph Fiennes was robbed of an Oscar.

[@SpeedyCM]

Even if he was nominated for best supporting actor he still wouldn't have won being up against Gene Hackman in Unforgiven and Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men.

[@philuresky2993]

I'm not surprised he said "Christ"as most of the ss officers were roman catholic

[@christof329]

@@philuresky2993 And all of them were Christians. The Problem with religions is that you always find some things in their scripture you can use to kill other humans. And people think that this scripture is a justification to do the things they do. And Christians are humans and it happens that the worst things, which happend, were done by Christians most of the time. But we tend to forget that.

[@philuresky2993]

@@christof329 no argument from me there mate. when you think you have GOD on your side it can justify all manner of atrocities .

[@jessicaross7288]

@@SpeedyCM Except his performance was better than theirs so you know, people can disagree about whether he was "robbed" of an award or not.

[@CineBingeReact]

This was a rough one, especially for Simone. We both had to walk away for a few minutes after the film to recover. That being said, we read all your comments from Saving Private Ryan, and we have every intention to watch other WW2 films and shows such as Band of Brothers and Fury!

[@listall1970]

The Pianist - you need to check this one

[@gregall2178]

A good movie to bounce back with is Amelie ;-)

[@dldonedotta5653]

Hacksaw ridge would be a good one

[@thedudeabides2531]

Love Simone's reaction. Especially when she broke down at the end when Schindler was overcome with emotion because he couldn't save more. That was a very powerful scene that earned that sort of response.

[@NGC6144]

The HBO made film The Grey Zone. That's a real tough one to watch likewise.

[@Jefferson_starkid]

Idk about y’all but I always thought you could see Schindler starting to get real compassion for the jews and Stern in particular when he says that line ‘then where would I be?’. It’s a brilliant acting moment from Neeson. He says this selfish thing but you can almost see him questioning it at the same time. He covers up his fear for Stern with anger. It’s amazing.

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

I think at that point it is care for Stern in particular. I suppose you could call that the beginning of his caring for the rest.

[@Tristan_Anderwelt]

16:50 They dug up the bodies and burned them so the Allies wouldn't find them and have evidence

[@deiwi]

Soviet Red Army to be precise.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@deiwi Pot and Kettle with those two.

[@chrisboot2468]

Just south of modern-day Krakow is the site of Schindler's camp (the factory still stands near the ghetto in Krakow), which is now a shrine. Less than a mile away is a quarry, with the full set of Amon Goeth's camp, still standing from the film. It's incredible.

[@gdiaz8827]

The camps are maintained or are they just remnants

[@barkingmonkee]

In my head this film is always linked with "Hotel Rwanda", to my mind Don Cheadle's best role. My impression of the boy in the latrine is his situation represents the degradation of his people and the light on his face is hope.

[@Mr.Goodkat]

You should react to "Come and see" it inspired Spielberg when making this movie and SPR and is considered one of the most devastating movies.

[@lalalarose8197]

That’s a masterpiece that more people need to watch

[@MetalDetroit]

@@lalalarose8197 Saw it about 2 weeks ago. Powerful

[@jamesm3123]

Come and see .And you thought schindlers list was hard to watch.

[@shanek3453]

Its definitely a horror film

[@derrickowen8162]

"Come and See" is the most difficult movie to watch that I have seen.

[@BobBlumenfeld]

The song being sung in the final scenes, starting with that wide-march across the screen and the return to color, is Jerusalem of Gold by Naomi Shemer.

[@RustyDust101]

Now imagine how this movie feels to a modern, empathetic German decrying (not denying) these vile acts. Imagine the shame, the terror of knowing that someone in living memory committed these attrocities under your nations' name. That possibly some distant relative, related only by several generations removed, may have participated in these acts as they were too young to participate in them. The shame goes incredibly deep. Most modern Germans don't feel guilt for this, as even Germans born at the start of the Nazi era were not GUILTY of any of these acts. But we feel utterly ashamed, and motivated to never allow this be repeated, and to never forget it. That is how deeply this scarred all, the victims who somehow survived, their families and descendants, and finally the modern Germans having to live with this tarring our nation's memory in the vilest attrocities committed in modern times. Crying is completely fine when seeing this powerful movie. I consider myself a modern, empathetic German, and I cry every time I see even only a few scenes. The most gripping scene is Schindler breaking down, noticing that he might have gotten a few more people out if he had sold his car, or his badge, or his ring. But in reality Schindler had spent nearly every single Pfennig of his once huge assets on trying to save as many of the people in Auschwitz by getting them to work in his factory. The utter genius of Ben Kingsley's acting was this. As a prisoner in one these concentration camps showing any emotion of being distraught with these vile acts brought you in danger of being killed yourself. Thus Kingsley acted like prisoners of that time would. They kept their emotions hidden, even with all of the attrocities around them, just for a chance at survival. Kingsley's acting was perfectly on point for nearly all of the movie. Stern does feel the emotions, but he did not DARE to express them even with the slightest bit of a facial twitch. That's what Kingsley succeeded in portraiting in such utter perfection. Only at the end, when Schindler declared his workers to be free at midnight, he allowed himself some emotions. But imagine how hard it must have been to have evolved survival instincts on supressing your emotions, ANY emotions, for several years, even subconsciously twitching, or a curling of the lips, wrinkling of a nose, or even raised eyebrows. None of that would have been acceptable to certain guards, and definitely not Amon Goeth; resulting in almost instant death. And then trying to overcome those ingrained instincts to allow yourself to express emotions again. Another masterclass in acting by Kingsley and Neeson. Thank you for sitting through and watching this masterpiece. It is definitely not easy to watch. Again, crying is a sign of your empathy and humanity. Thank you for not editing out the reactions; it is far more honest to show how you feel than giving a 'brave public face' about it. From a German in Hamburg, Germany.

[@ThePixel1983]

Amen! - From a German from Bavaria living in Paris now.

[@cameron4562]

What you are describing in detail is actually a medical term called Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which was coined by Dr. Judith Herman in the 1980s, when she studied survivors of the Holocaust and discovered this condition which is when a person undergoes prolonged, repeated traumatic experiences from months to years. It is quite different from PTSD. Difficulty regulating emotions, as well as extreme suppression of emotions is just one very common symptom of this. This is what many of those survivors had to do just to survive.

[@vatsaltewari]

Hey Rustydust, I saw your comment today and appreciate your insights. Hope you're doing well and may everyone be better and willing to act in the interest of the less fortunate, victimized, persecuted or even damned to live in acknowledgement of despicable historical events haunting their country, family or congregation

[@mikshin9825]

It's only fitting that Germans are taught about the consequences of their ancestors' actions. It's the most powerful and richest country in the EU with dreams of dominating the entire continent. Germany has been involved in WW1, WW2 and now the war in Ukraine. Your politicians have rubbed shoulders with Mr. Putin for a long time making him bold enough to start planning his attack. Angela Merkel refuses to claim responsibility for it to this day. Your current chancellor is also showing his true colors by trying to impede the aid to Ukraine as much as he can. I guess compassion isn't present in the decision-makers you have voted for. Who knew?

[@Abbadonhades]

For a polar opposite performance by Ralph Fiennes you could try " The Grand Budapest hotel." It's the movie where he solidifies that he also has tremendous comedic timing. Difficult to even consider after watching this movie, but he truly is a chameleon. For me it was also important that only a few years after "Schindler's list" I saw him as the central tragic figure in "The english patient." I don't think I would have been able to like him as much as I do without it, because his portrayal of Amon Goeth was one of absolute evil.

[@aniket8350]

I did not even know they were both the same person until one of my friend pointed it out

[@brandonthesteele]

There's also his performance in "In Bruges", where he's a sadistic, terrifying asshole, but it's to comedic effect.

[@Abbadonhades]

@@brandonthesteele That's true. I also enjoyed his performance as a lovelorn and slightly pathetic cop in the sci-fi movie Strange Days, although that's a dramatic, rather than comedic role.

[@Curraghmore]

That was Spielberg's first Oscar (two Oscars, Best Director and Best Picture). Definitely a movie most people will only want to see once.

[@xhagast]

I disagree. I don't want to see the Pianist or Life is Beautiful even once. Or Sophie's Choice. The thing is that there is hope in this one, someone fighting the evil and WINNING.

[@WilliamKing-hf8lc]

I've only seen it once. The year it was released. Once is enough for me. We caught the second show and the people coming out of the first show looked stunned, sad and angry all wrapped up into once face. We watched, the movie ended, credits rolled and light came on and everybody was still seated there for a few long seconds. Not a sound other than a few sobs.

[@AlejandraRodriguez-eb7vc]

16:43 Because a buried corpse can be found. Burned corpses not :(

[@christopherglowienka4680]

You guys were great, this wasn't easy but such a great powerful movie.

[@ForgottenHonor0]

Amon Goeth was so psychotic even the SS eventually decided they couldn't put up with him anymore and kicked him out.

[@dragonoftheeast695]

Ralfe finnes omg what a performance.. in order for Liam Neesons and Ben Kingsleys characters to shine Finnes’s needed to be equally if not more despicable. He’s performance was vitally important for this movie to succeed.

[@jthomann71]

If you're going to delve any further into this subject, some amazing suggestions would be Life is Beautiful, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and the anime Grave of the Fireflies.

[@SpeedyCM]

Grave of the Fireflies is an awesome animated movie.

[@monkeeyo101]

The Greatest Story never Told is a good watch too! More educational than entertainment but still good

[@alib6615]

Simone and George, you both make me smile and my heart sing! I am so glad I found your channel and I LOVE your friendship. This has nothing to do with the reaction, but just wanted to say I am so glad I found your channel. I am watching these out of order and am finally "in the mood" to watch another reaction to "Schindler's List". This is such a powerful movie. I watched it for the first time in my Sunday school class with a survivor. Afterward she very graciously shared her own story and answered questions. I will never forget it.

[@joevenditti2967]

The other award winning holocaust movie was "The Pianist" based more from a single person's prospective. And another movie based on a true story.

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

Life Is Beautiful famously won an award or two, and I think The Boy In the Striped Pajamas won 🏆 as well.

[@joefriedman9843]

I always loved him dropping the ring for some reason. I think it's bc it feels so realistic but also not something you see in movies typically. It's fitting bc this feels more like a documentary than a movie. Great reaction as always guys.

[@Rage-_-Quit]

It was an unscripted accident, Neeson fumbled it but they left it in because it fit so well

[@lewisbreland]

I'm glad I watched it when I was young. It has impacted my politics and my worldview ever since.

[@jthomann71]

Band of Brothers is amazing, maybe the best single WWII project ever. And yeah, it's not a basic cable effort, it's film worthy in every way.

[@bernhardtsen74]

almost did a spit take once watching it!it has Tom Hardys first work in cinema/tv story!one of his first roles ever, back in 2001 in that series!!I think it was Spielberg himself wanting him to work on the series after seeing him in Get a Grip!

[@Redladyrae03]

My mother had us watch a lot of movies as children that were hard to watch. This was one them, needless to say. She insisted we watch them so we knew history. She wanted us to know and feel it and always asked us how it made us feel. We were taught to not hold hate in our hearts towards anyone because we would be no better than the people who committed the horrible acts. I own this movie because I want my son to know what happened and to feel it and to become a compassionate person. This movie stays on the must watch list. Thank you for your reaction.

[@xhagast]

Wise woman. Ignorance is dangerous.

[@Anomondaris]

Simone’s reaction broke me. She has such an amazing personality and glow about her that it’s truly awful watching her go through that❤

[@KaiLucasZachary]

But you're fine with the images of thousands of people (including children) being murdered and burned? Cool priorities.

[@sspdirect02]

20:38 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. His business after the war all failed and his own country condemned him as a traitor. The only byproduct of his deeds were that 1,100 men, women and children were able to live the rest of the lives, have offsprings and decedents. A true hero doesn’t boast about the lives he saved, he laments about the lives he failed to save.

[@kellifranklin4432]

While it's a hard movie to watch it's important for everyone to watch and never forget what happened. You had the exact same reaction that I did the first time. You are correct, it's a masterpiece. Well done guys.

[@MyraJean1951]

Seeing your humanity as you watched this film and experienced such deep and true emotion, was truly moving for me. You've won me over and I have subscribed. Keep up the reactions.

[@windyhawthorn7387]

I honestly never knew this was a film people only watch once. I watched this when they aired it uninterrupted on TV no adds and without any editing for TV. I also watched it with my parents, with my sister, they showed it during services once instead of a sermon because they where talking about the Holocaust and how people justified it with religion. I have even seen it multiple times as a child because I liked the film because it was vary moving. When I was little I looked at it as a story of an man who only thought of himself and what he could gain and learned about the horrors going on around him and instead of turning a blind eye on it and not caring he did something but the people around him also taught him to care. The real hero of this film is the accountant.

[@bartonabrams3433]

This is one of those movies that for a brief time was run in high school and college history classes to show how graphic and brutal WWII was and this was drastically toned down from what really happened. It was pulled from classrooms for being to graphic and traumatizing to high school students. The sad part is students need to see films like this otherwise history is just words on a page they won’t care about. Films like this give the event’s a face. Something we can lock onto and remember. One of the most important lessons of films like this is to remember, and understand war can be used as an excuse to commit and get away with the worst aspects of human nature. So I would ask you to remember and understand. To end this I’ll go with a quote from someone who’s name escapes right now “ for evil to flourish requires good people to do nothing “ he chose to do the right thing and saved thousands of lives literally even when everyone else where acting like monsters.

[@CharlesWStricklin]

Simone, my heart broke watching you watch this film. I wanted to be there and hug you and mourn with you. Of the several reaction videos of this movie, your reaction was the most genuine and heartfelt of all of the. God bless you. And George, I don't mean to leave you out. 😂 You're awesome, too, both of you are great.

[@ellygoffin4200]

Couple of interesting facts. Stern is actually based on about 3 people. Goethe's daughter found out about her father after watching the movie Goeth was actually much worse than how he was portrayed Finally the cousin of my wife's grandfather was the jewler who made the ring at the end of the movie.

[@pashvonderc381]

There’s a good interview with Monika (. Göthe‘s daughter ) on KZbin

[@lazyperfectionist1]

15:09 "He's like a psychotic baby." As I understand it, the most ruthless soldiers in the German army, at this time in history, were not sent to the front. They were sent to supervise the camps because they had shown such disregard for the humanity of another.

[@ToniMcGinty]

Oh, my God, you guys are absolute sweethearts. So raw and honest. I´m glad I´ve found you both. I try and bring the same authenticity to my (Spanish-language) podcast, and hope to get into reacting soon. And incidentally, I help run a film festival here in Madrid devoted exclusively to terrible movies, so, if you need recommendations, I´ve got plenty!

[@ronmaximilian6953]

Schindler's List deservedly won the Academy Award for best movie. You really should watch the speech by Branko Lustig, who was one of the producers and also had a cameo as the maitre d in the beginning restaurant scene. You will understand what the movie meant for him, Even if he was from Croatia and not to Poland. 5 years after his role in Schindler's List, Ralph Fiennes played a man in three generations of a Jewish family in Hungary from around 1890 to 1989. If you want to watch a Spielberg movie that few people cover, watch "Empire of the Sun." Yes, it said during World War II in the Pacific, largely in a POW camp. But it's a truly amazing movie. Christian Bale gave an absolutely amazing performance as a boy

[@kirsten_snoose]

Yes, I really liked Empire of the Sun. Hard to watch in some parts, too, but the acting is incredible and I'm a sucker for epic music.

[@MomCatMeows]

I was in 10th grade when this movie came out. Our history teacher took our class to the theater to see it. Definitely made an impact on me. I bet anyone who disputes whether the holocaust ever happened, has never known this story. 💔

[@Rossebma]

In germany this film came out with german voice actors synchronizing the actors. This made the film so much better. 16:45 burned bodies can't be found...

[@anthonymanuge6237]

check out "The Pianist", another very powerful one.

[@fredk3710]

There are also loads of interesting German and Dutch WW2 to choose from. Here are some suggestions of movies to watch: German WW2 movies: - Der Untergang (Downfall) - Das Boot (The Boat) Dutch WW2 movies: - Bankier van het Verzet (The Resistance Banker), based on the true story of banker and resistance leader Walraven van Hall - Oorlogswinter (Winter In Wartime), fictional story based on the famous Dutch children's novel Oorlogswinter - Zwartboek (Black Book) - Süskind (Süskind), based on the true story of business man Walter Süskind, similar to that of Oscar Schindler - Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange), based on the true story of resistance fighter Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema

[@seongpum]

Whenever I feel dust on my eyeballs, I watch this film, cuz I always have tears to this film. Great reactions, esp on the ending scene : "I could've gotten one more person, and I didn't..."

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

I've only seen it once. That's enough. I saw it with my 3 boys and about 500 other people. When the film ended no one got up until all the credits ran. And then we all arose without speaking and walked out of the theater. I never in my life seen a reaction like that to a film.

[@filipnalewaja5609]

Stop watching that propaganda.

[@jnagarya519]

@@filipnalewaja5609 Yes -- we should lie that it is propaganda.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

@@filipnalewaja5609 Exactly what propaganda are you referring to?? Are you saying this never happened? Are you saying that the atrocities portrayed in this film never happened???

[@filipnalewaja5609]

@@jnagarya519 of course it is propaganda that film falsyfies history and lies espexially about Poles and whitewashes jews from their nazi past.

[@filipnalewaja5609]

@@Gort-Marvin0Martian i am saying that spielberg deliberetly lies about many events. That film is based on fictional novel. I am a Poles and we do not watch jews propaganda movies unlike morons in the west. No wonder you people are so brainwashed. I am going to list all lies propagated by spielberg. Polish resistance was one of top 3 best in europe. Poles were the first and biggest victims of so called holocaust and main victims of oswiecim camp( in german auschwitz) there were no jews there. Spielberg wchitewashes jews by not mentioning massive jewish collaboration with germans and austrians.

[@Iginihechanska]

About the tombstones that ‘paved’ the way of the Plesow camp's main road. The thing is, that Plesow Camp was built partly on a huge and - at that time - almost 100 years old jewish graveyard. There was also a big chapel that the Germans used for various livestock - horses, pigs, cows and poultry. The chapel was eventually pulled down bit by bit, mostly as a piece of entertainment for the guests who were at the many parties at Amon’s villa.

[@derrickowen8162]

Even without watching the full film, it gets me each time I see Liam's performance of the "one more" breakdown scene.

[@larrybell726]

I have watched this film so, so many times…. At this point I watch the faces of people who are watching it for the first time. Thank you for the strong emotions that you endured through watching this, I know it was hard. Steven Spielberg has said in interviews that this movie was not meant for entertainment. Blessings to you.

[@pantlessreactions]

This, "American History X" and "Glory" should be required viewing for everyone.

[@SaraHouck461]

I agree wholeheartedly. Those R-rated movies are _way_ too educational to _not_ be shown in schools!

[@michaausleipzig]

"Give 'em hell, 54!" Gets me EVERY time! 😅😭

[@anakinskywalker8610]

@@SaraHouck461 I was lucky to go to a school that didn't believe in muting and censoring history and education for the sake of safety or comfort. In world history we watched Schindler's list. In American Conflicts we watched Glory (it's surprising how many people don't even know of that movie) and Saving Private Ryan. In American History we watched History X and To Kill a Mockingbird. Mockingbird is more on the literature side but it has a very good educational point and lesson to the story.

[@anakinskywalker8610]

@@michaausleipzig yep I had to do an essay in English class and I chose to do the 54th Infantry Regiment. I went to a really small school but they were very adamant on allowing anything to be learned from history and not censoring a tough or uncomfortable subject.

[@michaausleipzig]

@@anakinskywalker8610 huh ... didn't know the clone army had a 54th regiment too. Cool. But hey ... before you try anything now, please consider: I have the high ground... 😉

[@merchillio]

Thank you for that raw and genuine reaction. That movie is so heart wrenching.

[@maisiesummers42]

In 1994, Television New Zealand negotiated to get a copy of the film for television broadcast. This was normal for films at the time; they'd be released in the cinema, then a few months later they'd be made available for television. Spielberg was reluctant to let the film be broadcast in that way, because TV companies had a habit of cutting gore & sex & stuff out of movies, and sometimes robbing the films of essential scenes. He ultimately agreed to let TVNZ broadcast film provided: 1. The film was broadcast uncut. 2. The film was broadcast without any ad breaks. 3. No conversion to 'pan and scan' (4:3 TV ratio format). It would have to use letterbox broadcast, to ensure everything was seen. This kind of demand had never been done before. But, to their credit, TVNZ agreed. The film was broadcast at 7:30pm on a Sunday evening, uncut, in letterbox format, with no ad breaks. We sat down as a family to watch it. Had family friends over as well. Our TV at the time was a 29-inch CRT. We watched the whole film in silence. No one got up. We were held to that screen, and nothing could have torn us away. I've seen the film a couple of times since. It still has incredible impact, and to my mind is Spielberg's single best work.

[@shortybarnesyanik]

You should read the book “My Grandfather would’ve shot me” Written by Amon Goeth’s biracial granddaughter.

[@XeonAlpha]

George does a pretty good job of keeping his emotional cards close… but… dang… when he puts his hand to his face you know he’s breaking inside.

[@Bianca_Arlette]

I watched this in the cinema. You know how it is usually after a film, people get up and start talking and discussing the movie, laughing and talking about their favourite parts. After this movie, the ENTIRE cinema was quiet, no one talked. We all just quietly shuffled out. My mother, her partner and I did not say a word until we were in the car and already halfway home. It is one of the most important movies ever made.

[@muhest]

There is some light in this. It is a very dark chapter in human history, but at the same time kindness and hope shines through. _“For evil to succeed it only needs good men to do nothing.”_

[@KurtAnderson812]

An interesting side story is that of Amon’s granddaughter, Jennifer Teege. She is a black woman who wrote a book “My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me” details finding out about her family’s heritage. Here’s a short news article on her, kzbin.info/www/bejne/paWupKWdbK2neKs

[@puzzled012]

not exactly... blacks were not killed by nazis, neither for example black French nor black US soldiers it was far more dangerous being very pale Russian than black whatever

[@KurtAnderson812]

@@puzzled012 perhaps you should tell her that she’s wrong about her grandfather. I didn’t name the book, she did

[@krishna_KaraokeZone]

Isthak Stern played by Ben Kingsley had a major role in Schindler's transformation. Kingsley earlier played the iconic Mahatma Gandhi in the Gandhi movie... Whenever I see him in Schindler's list, i was reminded of his Gandhi portrayal...

[@garychambers6848]

My father was in Patton's 3rd army (687th FAB).....In the spring of 1945 after the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp....He had pictures HE took when he helped "clean up" the aftermath...History is brutal!!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Patton said concentration camp victims were the saddest sight he'd ever experienced.

[@perrylay6639]

The girl in red is so important to the story arc of Schindler as you said, the first half of the movie he is a selfish man only thinking of money. When he’s horse riding he sees the real horror of what’s happening and all the murder as the red dress girl walks by… When he sees her later in the film on the trolley dead.. you see the realisation in his face. …. Everything changes at that point, he becomes the man that makes the list…

[@johnnywright609]

My great grandpa went through a camp idk what one but he said what messed him up was seeing stacks of baby shoes

[@timlamb6196]

Geddy Lee, the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock trio Rush had parents who was in a concentration camp during WW2. Thank god they made it out. The drummer/lyricist Neil Peart wrote a song about it titled Red Sector A. A must listen, especially when done to scenes in this movie.

[@GaunteroDimmm]

The hardest part of this movie for me is not all the killing, murder, and despair. It’s the look of absolute confusion and fear in the little boy’s eyes at 16:02.

[@arkadybron1994]

Your humanity shines out in every tear that glistened on your cheek. I will love you both forever, just for sharing those moments with me.

[@Smileybeeblevrox]

Commentaries for this movie usually have in it the question, why dig up bodies just to burn them? Nazi's realized that digging mass Graves and burying bodies still left too much of a trace of what was done, so at a certain point protocol was changed from burial to cremation for dead Jews and other undesirables deaths, which meant that all mass graves had to be dug up and bodies that were buried had to be burned to ash. Much less evidence of number of deaths in a large pile of ashes then in mass Graves containing decaying bodies.

[@leogothisoscar271]

In regards to him dropping the ring, my view is that it was done to show how much it meant to him. As fumbles a bit when he receives it because, in my opinion, it is very emotional for him and the moment he drops it as a result he immediately drops down and desperately tries to find it. So I feel it was meant to convey how precious it was to him.

[@cshubs]

Please watch Ben Kingsley in the epic masterpiece, Gandhi.

[@stanzelot]

Amon Göth was a real person. After the war his daughter was interviewed when she had become a grown up. She said the he was a good father to her. She later had a child with a black man. Her daughter appeared on TV some years ago and told the story of her. It was later confirmed that she was in fact the daughter of Amon Göth. I appreciate the irony in that.

[@aerynoftalyn1307]

Thank you for doing this reaction, hard as it was. The number of survivors still living to give witness is small and declining every day; while the number of deniers who spread the lie that the Holocaust never happened or was not so bad is growing. Forcing ourselves to face reality is important and an act of leadership on your part. In addition, the steps taken by the Nazis over the course of several years to dehumanize Jews and normalize violence against them primed the German people to mostly either embrace or at least be willing to look the other way when it moved to systematic, organized genocide. We must stop the process in its tracks when we see "leaders" and movements that dehumanize groups of people and normalize violence through language or through action.

[@brigidtheirish]

Another thing that helped convince many Germans to look the other way was that saying or doing anything would get them shot. It was a horrible time.

[@Zoulz666]

When I went to school they took us to watch this movie when it came out. It was thought of more as an important documentary than anything else. And I tend to agree. Everyone should see this film. No matter how hard it is to watch, it's important that we all understand. This is one of the absolute worst atrocities our species has perpetrated and it must never happen again.

[@anakinskywalker8610]

It's not so much that we or anyone wants you to watch it because "it's awesome or good or shocking" it's more so for the fact I think everyone should see this movie. Its very hard to watch but people need to learn what happened and sometimes raw and uncensored lessons and education are what is needed. It should be watch. At least once. It's an EXTREMELY powerful movie and one of if not the heaviest movie I've ever seen. It shows how atrocious this time was and what people had to go through and how evil some people were. Though it also shows and highlights a man that is a no doubt in anyone's mind. A hero. Mr. Schindler saved people with everything he had. He saved generations of people are still alive to this day. Generations that will live on. Even though if found out he would have been executed. He did everything in his power to save human beings in dire need.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

I don't think the Schindler character was a hero necessarily. I think he was a war profiteer and maybe a scoundrel. But he was also a somewhat decent man. And in that time, all that was needed to change lives for the better was for a man in a position of some authority to be decent. 🤔 Of course, maybe that's what _makes_ him a hero: that he was able to remain decent in such an environment. (This is not to be mistaken for a statement about the historical Schindler, about whom I make no judgements because of my ignorance on the matter.)

[@MoonHowlerGaming]

I have Schindler's List on Blu Ray and actually watched it again tonight. It was going to be one of my suggestions for your watch list, eventually stumbled upon this video on your channel. Knowing the movie and the scenes you were crying in Simone, I was crying with you. You look like a really genuine and lovely person.

[@sean---the-other-one]

Now you need to watch Life Is Beautiful. Another incredible insight into some of what happened, although not in the same vein as Schindler’s List.

[@zvimur]

Not many agree, but "Jakob the liar" is also a worthy experience. Possibly because original play withstood the test of time.

[@tigerjonn]

The way Oskar realizes his possessions means nothing in the face of human lives... Its just devastating after witnessing the spectacle of destroying human lives in a industrial scale.

[@Soulsphere001]

One important thing to remember is that everyone is multifaceted, meaning that humans are very complex. No-one is purely good or purely evil, we're all mixes of grey. Oscar Schindler starts out as a man who's very self-interested and just wants to get rich, so he uses the war to his own advantage to make money. He also cheats on his wife. But that's obviously not all he is, and overtime he realizes how horrible the war is and how despicable the Nazi's are. He's a great man, with some flaws (like everyone), put into a position where he can help others and he does just that. I like the fact that we see the negative aspects of his character, and that makes him all the more real. Knowing the negative aspects of his character may even enhance the good aspects in him and help realize just how good a person he was. Saving Jewish lives was extremely dangerous for him, seeing as a lot of people hated the Jews, but he took that risk and did what he could to save as many lives as he could.

[@xbulelo]

I adored Spielberg as a child (& I still do). I saw this film as a teenager &, as you can imagine, I was overwhelmed. My ex-girlfriend is from Poland & I went to Auschwitz with her. I saw all of the preserved hair, the worn clothes & the photographs of all those murdered. It broke my heart & it still breaks my heart that we live in a world where morons preach about a “globalist deep state” when, in reality, it’s anti-Semitic propaganda perpetuated by Russian dolls, otherwise known as U.S. Republicans.

[@grimmlight4541]

One of my favourite films of all time. The acting by Ralph fines and Liam Neeson is phenomenal.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Fiennes was the natural win for Best Supporting Actor but no way the Academy could grant an award for the character portrayed. It went to Tommy Lee Jones.

[@danprat6748]

her ' FUCK FACE ' is the frame of mind a soldier gets when he sees what the enemy has done to your friends. you change into a WARRIOR, my dad said inside every man, there's a good guy and a warrior and god help you when you run the good guy off and only the warrior remains.

[@tonyleong4961]

Honestly, its not an easy watch, but it should be required viewing by everyone in High School history classes for example. "Those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it".

[@ammortal]

"I could have got one more person, and I didn't." In my opinion, the hardest line ever committed to film.

[@seongpum]

And the Talmud quote on the ring, "Who saves one life, saves the world entire" has been the biggest motto for me since I heard it. That made me to keep donating for abandoned babies and North Korean defectors(I'm South Korean), which are because of that quote. This movie and Shawshank redemption can change your life I believe.

[@xhagast]

It is a blessing, an inspiration and a CONSOLATION. Schindler could have saved more, should have saved more. And if he had started thinking like that very early he might have ruined everything. He did plenty, more than many. Let that be enough.

[@gorankopcic7827]

My top 6 movies ever: 1. Titanic 2. Braveheart 3. Schindler's list 4. The Shawshank redemption 5. The green mile 6. Gladiator

[@jimcameron1234]

Goran. A1 list is almost my list too + ROCKY 1 + Forrest Gump + The Deer Hunter + Apollo 13

[@TommyLellan]

16:46 - thank you for not skipping the return of the girl in red. 90% of reaction videos for this movie cut it out, or they don't even react at all! I literally skip to this part to see it. :) (In a totally non-sick kind of way)

[@SlytheyTove]

This was one of those movies, that I call a "once in a lifetime" or "once every 15 years" movies. This entirely relies on the near endless impact it has on the viewer, as in you'll never forget it, or at least need a refresh, no matter how painful, once every 15 years. Other examples of this imo, are Amadeus, and Requiem for a Dream, as both cut deep, and are so memorable that you can't ever forget them, but maybe sometimes need a reminder of it, because it was so good, but only because it was also so heart wrenching. I would suggest you watch those movies too, but I feel you've suffered enough for now, and need time to recover first. This being said in December of the year you made this reaction video in... in June. Yeah, some films take about that long to recover from, and the one's I've mentioned, also fall into that category.

[@willmendoza8498]

Poor Simone. You can tell this shook her to the core. Such a magnificent film.

[@GerSan1979]

What a genuine reaction guys... And yes.. the word is "Trauma". Simone was trully heartbroken. I think this movie can kill your innocence