SCHINDLER'S LIST (PART 2) FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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Schindler's List is a 1993 American historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 non-fiction novel Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern.
Ideas for a film about the Schindlerjuden (Schindler Jews) were proposed as early as 1963. Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the Schindlerjuden, made it his life's mission to tell Schindler's story. Spielberg became interested when executive Sidney Sheinberg sent him a book review of Schindler's Ark. Universal Pictures bought the rights to the novel, but Spielberg, unsure if he was ready to make a film about the Holocaust, tried to pass the project to several directors before deciding to direct it.
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[@merchillio]

I will never not cry when he’s trying to count how many more people he could have saved. What a masterful performance from Liam Neeson.

[@curtisw502]

This was by far Liam Neeson's best performance and an all time one by anyone as well

[@peepinR]

Agreed. How he didn’t win the Oscar for this is beyond me. And Rafe Fiennes as the nazi? Awesome and terrifying.

[@Alexanderthegreat159]

Yeah Schindler wasn't the greatest of people. I like how they touch on that. But it doesn't change the fact that he's saved a lot of lives. And yeah the I could have saved more part always makes me cry

[@gdlmao]

Neeson was robbed at the Oscars

[@kateiannacone2698]

I don't trust people who can watch that scene and not at least get teary-eyed

[@martythetickler]

Believe it or not, Spielberg had to downplay Goeth's sadism because he thought people would think Goeth was too cartoony a villain.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

It does not surprise me. Nazi's shot children in front of their parents for entertainment, pure ev ill.

[@danieljackson4511]

@@solvingpolitics3172 yeah, and thats why i am a misanthropist, because the capability for such cruelty lies deep within most people.

[@unstrung65]

@@danieljackson4511 It's sad but true - Science has basically proven this in experiments . We should strive towards the 'good ' - but remember that we still possess that 'animal' lower brain . Better to acknowledge that fact than ignore it -- we would get farther instead of pretending we are such 'noble' creatures .

[@Alexanderthegreat159]

@@solvingpolitics3172 yeah something a lot of people dont know, is there were tons of German soldiers that knew nothing about most of what was going on in these camps and that were against and didnt allow the killings of civilians. Its was mainly the SS the brainwashed dogs of hitler that did it. And not only that there was a resistance in Germany that were fighting against the regime during the war

[@toddkes5890]

@@solvingpolitics3172 Not just that. Amon was kicked out of the SS for excessive cruelty

[@Curraghmore]

Goeth's granddaughter in Germany is a writer today. Her father was Nigerian, and when she discovered that Amon Goeth was her maternal grandfather, she wrote a book called 'My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me'. She also changed her last name.

[@Diegesis]

Yeah i was watching this on youtube. his daughter has also done some talks as well. very interesting perspective from them both

[@valde3336]

@@Diegesis Ruth Irene (Kalder) Göth actually married Amon Göth after his death. She committed suicide after the interview with people that were writing manuscript for this movie.

[@mjc8281]

@@DistractedArachnid Whenever I watch clips of Schindler's List I think about her and how dreadful an experience that must have been, finding out about your dad's crime by watching this movie.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

Why change you’re name.. you are not him, your living and life is testament against him.

[@Curraghmore]

Because people are not rational: many will associate an infamous surname with the person that made the name infamous, like a stain that won't wash out.

[@centuryrox]

"I could've got one more ...and I didn't" That scene never fails to bring me to tears, every time.

[@ANDZIGCREAM]

Very moving. But its a fabricated story. That scene never happened.

[@sspdirect02]

@@ANDZIGCREAM Doesn’t matter.

[@ANDZIGCREAM]

@@sspdirect02 never said it did

[@blanketstarry7725]

@@ANDZIGCREAM a fabricated scene in a movie? noooo!

[@ANDZIGCREAM]

@@blanketstarry7725 yes. In a movie based on a true story. Excuse me for pointing that out for those who doesn't know that. My bad. It will never happen again. Don't want you to yet again write a pretty stupid comment that might take up your time. Does it feel better now that you know you won over a stupid swede that only wanted to point that out? Your parents must be soooo proud, knowing they raised a person like you. Seriously?

[@IIIAnchani]

I am german. I cry every time I watch this movie, it's such a masterpiece. My great grandfather was a train conductor and he was shot because he refused to drive a train with people to a concentration camp. This movie does so many Germans justice who fought against the Nazis in any way they could. I'm honored to bear the name of someone who did, but so many were just lost in history. Killed and forgotten. Movies like this one remind us that we - above all - must preserve our humanity and our good even in the harshest of times.

[@grandeale]

respect for your German grandmother♥️

[@justinzwaan6704]

Don’t forget that the most of the Germans were also victims of this terrible war. They were manipulated with incredible fear of a dictator. The same is happening this very day in Russia…. So what have learned in the last 80 years? Absolutely nothing… The only difference is that there was a massive unity against Evil. Nowadays war is just a business case….

[@hanscombe72]

When Spielberg was reviewing the videotaped auditions from young German actors who were going to play the SS in the movie more often than not they would look to the camera and apologise for what their grandfathers had done. It took a long time during the shooting for Spielberg to be able to relate to the Germans at all. They wanted to talk to him about his work, there were fans of Indiana jones and ET. But he couldn’t go near them when they were wearing uniforms and in costume.

[@krisfrederick5001]

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me."

[@Roderik95]

Socialists, as in communists, can get fucked though.

[@krisfrederick5001]

@@Roderik95 People just need to live their damn lives and stop wasting them on isms and ists. For f*ucks sake. We waste so much energy on nothing.

[@Roderik95]

@@krisfrederick5001 Tell that to all the families of the millions of people killed by Stalin and Mao. Commies are scum of the earth. Other than that. I don't care too much.

[@tilltronje1623]

@@Roderik95 congratulations on siding with the damn Nazi

[@Ailurophile1984]

@@tilltronje1623 Also hating other forms of totalitarianism is siding with Nazis? Wow I never knew

[@Beeterfish]

This is the most important movie ever made. Let's appreciate both Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes for their stunning and amazing performances in their roles.

[@nn4407]

"important" i hope you say this as a joke. this not even between 1000 important movies of all time.

[@yomama629]

@@nn4407 found the Nazi

[@seancrowe3353]

Ben Kingsley was very good too

[@dpg957]

ben kingsley performance also was outstanding but for me liam gets it as so much of the movie was about him expression his face turns from being a cold money grabbing schemer to a deeply troubled man who risked everything and had to dance with the devil to save the people. at no stage did you not believe the performance he put in

[@hudsonstovall8119]

@@nn4407 You’re crazy. This movie is consistently in the top 5 and top 10 movies of all time lists. Unlike the movies ahead and before it, it isn’t fiction. It’s a true story about one of the most despicable times in human history. The lessons and values the movie touches on are timeless. I would even put the original book, Schindler’s Ark, in the top 5 books of all time. It’s that important.

[@doncorleone4681]

Ralph Fiennes gives a career defining all time great performance in this film. Since he played quite possibly the most evil man ever put in a film, there was no way he was going to get the Oscar he deserved for this. His performance seems to encapsulate the entirety of the Nazi's evil in just his character alone. Stunning.

[@mrbow50001]

Although I dont know if he knew this or not, I think it may also be reason as to why Voldemort was also played so well by him. Since according to Rowling: Hitler was her inspiration for Voldemort

[@bbvollmer]

The fact that he did so much work to research the actual man and tried to portray him as accuratly as possible so people knew exactly who this monster was.... bravo Mr Fiennes

[@tomwh1993]

@@mrbow50001 Voldemort is cartoon evil, they're fundamentally different roles. Also every fictional villainous leader since the war will be partly inspired by Hitler

[@SwordsmanRyan]

I enjoy a good actor who can make such a hate-able villain while also portraying heroes, too.

[@Loki19810310]

Now imagine Tommy Lee Jones got best supporting actor in The Fugitive... yeah no one remembers that

[@clee3133]

As someone who innocently asked his grandparents as a child why they had numbers written on their arms, and why didn't they wash them off? I thank you for the beautiful review. Without good people of good conscience to stop it, evil can always rise again.

[@TheTheRedWolf]

Never forget, never forgive.

[@bronzedog5090]

God bless you

[@madeincda]

It's a sad but true fact, in this world evil must always be constantly checked by good.

[@texantompaine4509]

Both my family and my wife's family were on the receiving end of this madness (Poland and Holland). Our family trees carved and delimbed by this moment in history. We were raised on the stories. Our children are a result of their perseverance. Like you, we will remain vigilant and never forget. It's the duty of all of us.

[@helge9047]

@@TheTheRedWolf who should you be able to forgive? they are alle dead now

[@davedalton1273]

Schindler bluffed the German guard who was trying to take the little boy and kill him. They did not polish the inside of a 45mm shell, or any other size of shell. It does not matter if the inside of an artillery projectile is shinny, or dull. The effect is the same when it explodes. The man could think on his feet.

[@spaceburger80]

The single most important thing my parents ever did for me, was to take me to see this film, in the theater, the week it was released. I was 9 years old. I had learned of The Holocaust but this made it real for me. My parents also took, as our honored guest, a friend of our family, a woman named Dorothy. Dorothy’s family all perished in the camps. Dorothy was six years old when she entered the camps in 1943. I will never forget the ghastly green-blue ink on her left forearm. Every year I watch this film once and every year I sob though I’ve seen the film nearly 30 times by now. I have a seven year old son now. I will show him this movie when it is time. I will be proud of him and he will carry on the legacy my parents gave to me: that all human life is precious and that our differences are to be cherished.

[@basinstreetdesign5206]

Having seen this movie in the theater and cried at the end like you did, I knew just how real this story was (I'm 71 and not Jewish). I can't tell you how happy I am that you actually have studied history and the holocaust. So many know nothing of this part of history and it heartens me to see someone so young react to a story like this. I understand that Spielberg, who did this film at the request of his mother, actually had to tone down the atrocities a bit or else it may not have made it to release at all. Thank you.

[@Diegesis]

Thank you for being here with us

[@the.seagull.35]

God bless you 🙏

[@Swissswoosher]

Did you know that the man laying a rose and standing at Schindler’s grave is actually Liam Nesson, who played Oskar Schindler.

[@kagemaru259]

Interesting Facts- 1. The real little girl in the red coat survived the war and is living to this day. 2. Actual surviving Schindler Jews such as Mila Pfefferberg were brought in during filming to serve as advisors. When Ralph Fiennes walked on set in costume, he resembled the real Amon Goeth so much that some of the Schindler Jews began to uncontrollably shake almost to the point of panic. Pfefferberg started crying and was helped off set. 3. When they found out that Germany surrendered and they were liberated, the Schindler Jews actually wanted to support Mr. Schindler, even so much as offering to hide him from the Allies so he was not arrested and tried for war crimes and possibly executed.

[@coolgabe64]

I have to admit, as a child of Holocaust survivors, that I was unable to watch this movie more than one time. It is a shame that Liam Neeson never got an Oscar for this.

[@crystalcorley]

No Oscar for Osker?

[@nathangambriel5081]

I cried like a bitch in class when I first saw this. The scene where he regrets not saving more people specifically. It still shakes me and it will continue to for the rest of ky life.

[@Gyrfalcon312]

Not a bitch, stranger. More of a man than the other boys who _didn't_ cry.

[@pangkaji]

This powerful scene probably never happened as is. More than likely Schindler confided to the survivors much later after the war. Spielberg used poetic license to weave it into the scene.

[@BigGator5]

Liam Neeson turns in an epic performance. This here is a master class on how you do a character arc. Of course, Steven Spielberg did a lot in directing Liam Neeson in this worthy role. Fun Fact: When Steven Spielberg returned to Cal State Long Beach to earn his BA thirty-four years after dropping out, his film professor accepted this movie in place of the short student film normally required to pass the class. This movie had already won Spielberg Golden Globes and Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture.

[@ftumschk]

Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and Ben Kingsley are all astonishing in this film.

[@BigGator5]

ftumschk ...Agreed. Nothing against the others, I was just highlighting Liam Neeson's character arc performance.

[@ftumschk]

@@BigGator5 Absolutely. Neeson should have got the Oscar that year imho.

[@toddkes5890]

Hope the class wasn't graded on a curve

[@marquesdeportago1596]

The fact is that Ralph Fiennes is even better here.

[@joedirt688]

A MOVIE THAT SHOULD NOT EVER BE FORGOTTON IN OUR LIFETIME, OR IN ANY FUTURE LIFETIME!

[@rayharley597]

Most of the time I cry from the point where he starts talking about how he could have saved more; today is one of the times I started crying when he says to the Rabbi, "What's the matter with you? You should be preparing for the Sabbath." Somewhere towards the end of Thomas Keneally's book about the writing of Schindler's Ark and the creation of the movie, he points out that no-one pretended that Schindler was anything other than what he was but, when he was tested he did the right thing; more than the right thing ~ and that his were the true actions of a saint for; much of the hierarchy of many churches across Europe collaborated with the destruction of the Jews; Romani; and very many others. Today, I think, the number of the descendants of the Schindler Jews may well be more than double the figure quoted at the end. It's worth your while reading the novel and the book Keneally wrote about how that book came to be written and how Spielberg came to make the movie. kerk hiraeth, Scotland

[@rayharley597]

I'm glad I've kept this bookmarked because something was on my mind that I wanted to pass on to you. If you go to a YT channel called The Time Machine you will find a Spiekberg interview (with Dutch Subtitles) that is almost as heartbreaking as the movie, and also the Camp scenes from Band of Brothers ep.9 Why We Fight called (at least titled on YT) '1993 - Steven Spielberg on Schindler's List', I hope you will find a way to at least watch it. I cannot actually remember when I first saw it, but I have had it downloaded for many years; possibly longer than I have lived where I am now in Scotland, which is at least a decade. I would include the link but YT won't allow me to do that, kerk

[@nickthepeasant]

This film remains my favourite of all time. I've seen it at least half a dozen times and it never fails to anger and move me. It is a historical document of unparalleled artistry.

[@thatnorwegianguy1986]

I rarely cry at movies but that handshake between Schindler and Stern at 26:17 always makes me tear up

[@generalgrievous6689]

Ralph Fines is one of the best actors there ever was. This film deserved every of the 7 Oscars it got.

[@JuanLopez-qx5zz]

That end scene with Schindler’s survivors gets me every single time

[@toddjackson3136]

I remember as a kid asking how could the people of Germany have let this happened in their own lands? As I Grew Older I learned about how gradual the political and economical environment changed people's hearts about their neighbors. It's scary that we live in a time now where the political system is pulling the general population in two different directions, and driving home with their own base that if you are not with us you are against us and you should be hated and feared. This type of fear mongering always leads to acts of violence and hate against others.

[@rafaucett]

Exactly.

[@elohimthedoctor777]

I agree, it is so obvious when we look back at things, not so much when we are actually living, it is very insidious

[@PershingOfficial]

@@hovawartfreunde4599 agreed. I believe the lack of moderation and tools for social media users has ultimately led to a breakdown in the overall system imo

[@munyu95]

If we look closely, these things still happening right now in some places. Ignorance is a bliss

[@Ohne_Silikone]

Never forget that America has been there before. Look how they did away with the indigenous peoples of America. It was more silent, but for the most part it was another ethnic cleansing altogether.

[@Automage45]

I met a holocausts survivor in middle school and I’ll never forget her story. She was just a kid and what she survived I can’t imagine. I still remember her showing us her tattoo

[@michaelvincent8208]

The hair was kept to use as stiffing and padding of chairs and seats, in vehicles. A guy bought an original VW from the war, and brought it to England to be put back in original condition. When it came time to re-do the seats, all the padding inside was human hair of varying colors.

[@krisfrederick5001]

I always wondered about that, very disturbing.

[@fredEM120]

Can you imagine the feeling of owning such a car? I'd throw up juste realising I sat in there

[@jamievicha1660]

Amazing film and performances. I remember when it was first released, it was free for school students because Spielberg believed it was so important for them to know history....

[@iamsheep]

Ralph Fiennes is such amazing actor. Everyone should watch Schindler’s List and A Constant Gardener back to back just to see the two different performances he gives, the characters couldn’t be possibly more polar opposite to each other and he portrays both so realistically.

[@Little1Cave]

Agreed. And then you have Grand Budapest Hotel which is an even more dramatic departure. The man can do it all.

[@iamsheep]

@@Little1Cave he can do anything!

[@whoever_81]

@@iamsheep Anything!!

[@32446]

He was also robbed of an Oscar

[@Cameron5043]

You are one of the only reactors I've seen that actually caught that they paved the road into the camp with the headstones from the Jewish cemetery and were driving their trucks over them... Thank you for an amazing reaction. It's not just a reaction to a movie, when you react to Schindler's List, you continue to put it in front of the world, that we may not forget.

[@meganwilliams7434]

Same I was surprised when she noticed it tbh as no other reactor I’ve watched did or if they did they didn’t comment on it and you’d think they would if they did notice it

[@eb311235]

I remember seeing this at the movies. What astonished me most was not the movie but the people in the theater. When the atrocities began there was gasps of fearful disgust and people sniffing back tears. But as he movie went on the reactions to the atrocities were more and more subdued, almost as if they had gotten used to the film's horror. If so, it is easy to see how the German people of that time could become so deluded into mindless puppets. The "Big Lie" worked then as it works today. I lost it with the girl in the red coat.

[@peterramsay4674]

My father was a world war 2 veteran and he hardly ever talked about what he experienced. He was wounded in France and by the grace of god he survived. He struggled his entire life to come to terms with the horrors of war. It scars people for their entire life

[@SugarcatPlays]

That last shot of liam Neeson putting the flower on the grave is incredible

[@Bklyngurl85]

This and the movie Defiance ( with Daniel Craig) are both true stories of people who defied the odds and saved thousands of people during the holocaust.

[@christianmayer7432]

True, I also recommend watching "Come and See" (1985) which depicts the Holocaust and the occupation of Belarus, where millions of people were slaughtered by the Germans.

[@asifiqbal-Relentless]

When he said,"If i didn’t threw so much money & Sold this car & pen,I could have saved more." I will cry hard eveytime at that moment.😥

[@derrickowen8162]

Liam's performance breaking down at the end is the most emotionally powerful part of the film. Get's me every single time.

[@Zoulz666]

They made us watch this in school. It's such an important and powerful movie. So crazy to think this happened for real. The world must never forget.

[@Vograx]

I read somewhere that one of the survivors from the camps who were there to assist with the making of the movie had a nervous breakdown when she saw the actor playing Amon Goeth because it gave her flashbacks to the real Amon. Not sure if it was the actual Helen Hirsch though, but the real Helen is there at the end of the movie when they lay down the rocks on the grave.

[@hansmahr8627]

I think it was Mila Pfefferberg. The character of Helen Hirsch is actually a composite of two women who were forced to work in Goeth's villa, Helen Hirsch and Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig, just like Itzhak Stern is based on three different people. There's a great long interview with Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig here on KZbin about her experiences during the Holocaust, as well as a documentary where she went back to Auschwitz with the daughter of Amon Goeth. Very strong woman, she passed away in 2018.

[@themadmagi]

There are movies that everyone should watch at least once, this is one of them. Saving Private Ryan, Requiem for a Dream are two others.

[@michaelnolan6951]

I agree, just make sure to take a break between them!

[@krisfrederick5001]

Requiem is definitely a one timer...along with Se7en. Once is enough and leaves a heavy blanket on you.

[@solongdentahlplaan7975]

Requiem for a Dream??? What are you, a sadist? I can't tell if that movie tries to keep people off drugs or make them do drugs because of how depressing it is.

[@clee3133]

Strongly agree. Two movies that ripped at the fibers of my soul like none other - Schindler's List and Requiem for a Dream.

[@Paehrin]

Saving Private Ryan never had such an impact on me. Saw it once, and tbh, I can't really remember anything from it. Requiem for a Dream (and Schindler's List ofc) on the other hand, I remember them. A lot. I have probably watched Requiem for a Dream a dozen of time when I was in my 20s. It's a great movie. I would probably add American History X to the mix, if we're going into gut wrenching movie territory here, I found it way harder than Requiem.

[@Bklyngurl85]

Thank you for watching. Such an important film. Should be shown in schools across the world.

[@Curraghmore]

I can't help wondering if playing Amon Goeth took any mental toll on Ralph Fiennes, since he did it so well.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

I understand that at one point when he was waiting around in his Nazi uniform for the day's shooting to start, a woman--a bystander--came up to him and, thinking the Nazis were back, told him that she hoped they "did the job on the rest of them this time." If I'd been Ralph that would have done me in for the day.

[@mathiaswittinger2808]

At one point during the shooting of the movie a survivor visited the set, I believe it was Mila Pfefferberg. Ralph Fiennes was in costume and played his role so well up to the posture he was standing i the the woman ha flashbacks and a breakdown and he had to play it down. It was such a good performance. I really feel for all the people who had to suffer from the nazis.

[@oasis4life014]

Ralph has gone to every Holocaust days ever since

[@williammcpeak8800]

Another great reaction, Arianna. In high school in the 1970's in So California when we hit this place in world history the teacher brought in our school custodian to instruct. Someone we seldom noticed. He pulled back his sleeve, showed us the number inked into his skin and told us what his life was like when he was our age. I think you need a break before we burn you out. "Field of Dreams" or even "Bull Durham", a couple of hours in the church of baseball would be good. Thanks again.

[@ellygoffin4200]

The cousin of my wife's grandfather was the jewler who made the ring at the end of the movie.

[@Cameron5043]

And they recently found the mold for the ring!

[@SethMCor]

It's telling when Amon Goth (the head Nazi) thinks he's being scammed by Oskar for the workers and can't work out the angle about it, but it was because it was the right thing to do to save the Jews from death. Amon was evil, and really couldn't figure out some peoples actions were based upon goodness/caring/empathy and not money or getting anything out of it.

[@byrdie47]

its amazing how this film breaks down a persons emotional defense little by little. in the end your heart bleeds not only for oskar and the jews but, for humanity in general.

[@papillonvu]

I’ve never cried as much during a movie as I did watching Liam Neeson’s “I could’ve saved one more but I didn’t” scene

[@CMY187]

Schindler’s List is one of the most powerful movies I have ever seen, and I consider it to be Spielberg’s best movie. And it does not capture even a fraction of the crimes and atrocities committed in the Second World War. In my opinion, the Nazis are what you get when you combine Evil with Stupid. They weren’t just monsters, they were incompetent idiots.

[@Trishoc-vf2dw]

I’ve seen this movie so many times and I cry every time. Seeing your genuine reaction to this film literally made me weep. Hugs girl!!

[@golfr-kg9ss]

A very hard movie to watch but a great ending. A KZbin channel I watch "Time Ghosts" does a series called the "The War Against Humanity" and they end every episode with this quote "Never Forget". Which is why movies like this are so important to keep reminding us of what can happen if we're not vigilant.

[@Reemoun]

Me as a german would like you to watch 'The Downfall', the last days of Hitler and his followers. Bruno Ganz as Hitler makes an extraordinary performance.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Bruno Ganz did a very good job. You have a beautiful country by the way.

[@Diegesis]

I appreciate the suggestion but we're gonna take a little war movie/WW2 movie break for a while. There's a possibility Maple might pick some up but i want the channel and Arianna to get a chance to breathe and expand our horizons.

[@texantompaine4509]

@@Diegesis Might I suggest 'the Fifth Element?' A lot to pick apart and a fun watch. One of my personal favorites. One of those you can rewatch a hundred times and still catch new things - like Back to the Future or Fight Club

[@yummi4tunekookie]

You should look up John Rabe. He was another businessman and member of the Nazi party--whose life & actions during WWII were similar to Schindler's (only Rabe was in China during WWII, protecting civilians from the Japanese). He saved around 200,000 - 250,000 Chinese civilians during the Rape of Nanking. Like Schindler, he also suffered poverty after the war (to the point of malnutrition), and the people of Nanking supported him both financially & with food packets--his tombstone is at the massacre memorial site in Nanking.

[@tilltronje1623]

There is a German-Chinese movie about him

[@Ailurophile1984]

Amazing tale

[@glenmale1748]

When people ask me what my favourite film is I tell them Schindlers List some look at me in horror, but then I explain why. It's not the nicest film ever made but it is the pinnacle of film-making film ever put on celluloid. The art direction is actually 100% perfect. The camera work is sublime. The casting is perfect. The set design blows my mind. Costume design is again 100% perfect. Editing is on another level. It just goes on and on... this is the PERFECT film. I've watched it 37 times and it still makes me cry like a baby every single time. Never forget!

[@the.seagull.35]

You know I'm more impressed that you know you've seen this movie exactly 37 times 😄

[@glenmale1748]

@@the.seagull.35 At least once a year and twice on seven occasions. That is the minimum amount number without exaggerating. It is a masterpiece.

[@IshwaraYogaNET]

Lovely reaction !!! I saw this one afternoon in Istanbul, cried most of the way through, thankfully i was towards the front of the auditorium ... terribly moving, beautifully filmed

[@richmeister22]

Always look forward to watching Arianna's reactions. You wear your heart on your sleeve. Always real. Keep up the good work!

[@fergpm]

I absolutely love your reaction. Thank you for sharing with the rest of us.

[@jillk368]

This was a beautifully done reaction, sincere, heartfelt and insightful. Thank you.

[@Grizzlox]

Ralph Fiennes... he goes from Goeth to Voldemort... what an amazing actor and I'm glad he's nothing like his characters in real life.

[@shawnwacek6791]

The hardest movies to watch but one of the greatest endings I've ever seen for a single person that tried to be good in a bad situation

[@31webseries]

Who among us can say they saved 6000 lives and counting? Great man, great movie.

[@MC-tn4ux]

This is one of the few films that I've seen so few times but remember almost every second. One of Spielberg's masterpieces, and incredibly important to be seen by eveyone.

[@Eliminator6363]

I've never actually sat down and watched this myself, just this reaction, but damned if it wasn't the most powerful thing I've seen on screen. No other movie has made me cry like that from the sheer horrors depicted to the eventual selfless heroism Oskar displayed. I felt my heart break when Oskar broke down at not being able to save more people because of the way he lived before. A car for 20, a ring for one. And I lost it when it went into color at the end, showing the real families he saved. I never knew this was a true story. I've gotta actually watch this myself later with someone. I feel like you need another person to hold through it. Great videos. Thanks for sharing your reaction.

[@andromeda331]

Such an important film and so well done. Such a great performance from Liam and Ben.

[@goatbrother8718]

I watched that movie at the local cinema short before graduating high school here in Germany. Over here we are taught about the gruesome past of our country and I deeply hope we never end teaching this. We can’t allow that happening again. My great grandfather, grandmother, grandfather, mum and uncles were on a deportation list for the concentration camp,they weren’t of Jewish heritage but as farmers and decent people they would help every neighbor and share food, even with jews. If the war had taken longer I wouldn’t exist. I am proud for the courage and decency my great grandfather, grandmother and grandfather showed.

[@michaelcastillo3231]

By far the best reaction I’ve ever watched on you tube of this movie. I cried all the way through it with you.

[@andres1xy]

Hi, I've just found this channel, love it! and boy, talk about the ability to express raw genuine emotions! This is a great movie about a terrible reality, the abject insanity of war never ceases to amaze me. Keep up the good work girl!

[@richardcloutier8631]

I watched this movie with my mother at Christmas in 2010. I can remember the end scene when Schindler breaks down because he realizes the lie he had to live cost him money he could have used to save more people. My heart absolutely broke for him and cried for an hour. Ugly crying. Schindler knew that if he didn't play the part of the good Nazi, they all would have died. I met a Holocaust survivor a few years later and she told me what she experienced. I cried as she spoke, and I held her hand, and I said I was so sorry this happened to her and her family. I cannot understand how humans have the capacity to be so cruel and evil, but also the capacity to be so beautiful, kind and compassionate. It makes you think about what humanity actually is and why we fail so hard to live as the loving creatures we should be.

[@madmanjeshiro8288]

27:17 No matter how many times I watched the ending from other reactors, it still gets me every time.

[@sixslinger9951]

I've watched this movie many times. Just started watching reactions to it. Your reaction matched my emotions the first time I watched it. I have never made it through this movie without sobbing , especially the last few scenes and seeing the actual people he saved paying tribute to him.

[@jeremydable2468]

It’s good to see someone’s first impressions of this piece of art. Let me tell you mine. I read the book back in 1986. It made a modest impression on me. I had some Jewish ancestry but knew so little. I saw the film one afternoon in 1995. At the point where the movie changes from black and white to colour with the song which I now know as Yerushalaym Shel Zahav, I was completely overcome with both grief and fury. I decided in that moment to throw in my lot with my Jewish ancestors. I visited Israel and Krakow. I learned Hebrew alongside my father, then in his 60s. I married a woman who became Jewish with me. We have three Jewish children. We all met Thomas Keneally who wrote the book. All of us fight prejudice and hatred wherever we see it; and it doesn’t matter whether they are Jews or some other downtrodden individuals. It’s not always safe. We have been in many confrontations with bigots, xenophobes and Jew-haters, but our lives are full and we are proud to live and die as Jews.

[@Knight_of_NI]

I lost family at Auschwitz and this movie crushes me every time. I’m so glad you took the time to watch this because our memories will help ensure this never happens again. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Respect

[@jackknopf5974]

This movie should be required watching for every Freshman High School student.

[@edith6797]

Thank you for this reaction.So many emotions.In my opinion this is one of the best reactions to Schindlers List, I've seen.Because of that-I'm subscribing.

[@busterdee8228]

Late to this. I've watched a few of your videos now, and I'm impressed with the quality of your observations (touching many details I had missed). Thanks.

[@selkirk57]

What a very, very good reaction video. You caught nuances in this film that other reaction videos always miss. Very well done! I would really be interested in seeing your reaction to the mini-series 'Chernobyl'.

[@Diegesis]

i do really wanna do Chenrobyl but Arianna has seen nearly half of it already so I think Maple will do it

[@vopatonyr]

Spielberg tells the story that when filming the movie was getting too hard for him, he would call Robin Williams and Robin would start making jokes and doing the magic he did and he would get back the strength to go back and film the next day.

[@larrybell726]

Bless you for your righteous anger and your good heart. And don’t worry about the full body chills, I’ve seen this dozens of times and I get those chills, every single time.

[@obenohnebohne]

Thanks for sharing your journey with us. This is one of the most important films ever made.

[@texantompaine4509]

The subject matter makes it hard to recognize the art in the movie - directing, acting, music, cinematography, writing. All of it. One of the best films ever made.

[@Diegesis]

seriously. its so well made. i was especially taken aback by the editing upon rewatch. just killer filmmaking which conversationally always takes a back seat to the subject matter. rightfully so but I'd like to eventually cut out some space to talk about the masterful filmmaking.

[@texantompaine4509]

@@Diegesis It's almost a sign of great filmmaking that the movie as artistic expression commands such notice that the effort put in takes a back seat. The Sistine Chapel would be a grandiose example of that. Everyone stares in awe for a while before they ask "how." Also - as part of the lost generation between Gen X and Millenials, John Williams basically scored my entire childhood and this score is by far his greatest work, in my opinion. If your team does decide to do a video on the technical achievements and observations of this film, you have a viewer in me. Thanks for the reaction and discussion. And may 2022 bring you all good fortune!

[@1974neill]

I am Irish. Born and rared in Ireland 🇮🇪 at last census count our population was around the 5 million mark. Chilling to think 6 million Jews were murdered in the holocaust. THAT EVERY MAN WOMAN CHILD IN IRELAND 🇮🇪 MURDERED PLUS A MILLION MORE PEOPLE ON TOP OF THAT!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@CahloCano]

Was hoping you’d watch this one day. I saw it not too long ago first time as well, glad i was older now to have. When he agreed to finally have the drink as it might have been his last & the last scene of what he could have saved, tore me to pieces.

[@mannistef]

I really appreciated you reaction to this movie. I just had to cry along with you. Greetings from Iceland

[@brian52763]

In my opinion, Schindler found his humanity when he first saw the girl in the red coat! That is when he turned the corner! That is why she was the only color that we saw!

[@Diegesis]

I think his conscious woke up when he saw her. I think he really found his humanity when he saw her the second time

[@rithvikmuthyalapati9754]

22:15 Yeah. The year is 1944 and Easy Company and their Allied brethren are fighting against Germany. Oskar doesn't want his weapons to take their good lives and so he is ensuring that all the things don't work properly.

[@parrychapman7703]

There's a story behind the little girl in the red coat. I don't all of the details about it, but it was a homage to Audrey Hepburn, a good friend of Steven Spielberg and a WW2 suvivor with quite a story of her own. One day while they were on the set of movie (one of her last acting roles and one of his early directing efforts), they had a long talk about her WW2 experience. Part of her story was seeing a young girl in a red coat wondering aimlessly by herself amidst all of the death and caos. That story stuck with Spielberg. When he started Schindler's List, he incorporated that little bit into the movie as a way to honor Audrey Hepburn, and her actions during the war. I've always thought that was a very interesting little side note to such a masterpiece of a movie.

[@thescourgeofathousan]

Thank you for doing this and for showing your humanity so openly. It is so important not only that people watch this film but that they see the reactions of people of conscience, compassion and empathy such as yourself. To serve as an example for the young and the jaded and the hateful. This is a very true story in that the scenes of brutality, the murder of individuals, the slaughter of many are written from the eyewitness accounts of the survivors who were there. Most from the actual accounts from the Schindler Jews depicted in the movie. They are not examples of “the kind of things that can happen”. They are acted out events that DID happen to or in the presence of people depicted in and seen at the end of the film. Again, Thank you

[@Mr.Goodkat]

Spielberg was heavily inspired by "Come And See" when making this and Saving Private Ryan, It'd make a great reaction video and is considered one of the best movies ever. Highly recommend.

[@gdlmao]

That has to be both the greatest war movie and greatest horror movie ever made. But dear sweet god it is not for the faint of heart.

[@leewriter4656]

Ive never seen "Come And See,." Ill check it out tonight

[@nationaltrails9585]

Arianna, another great reaction to the aspects of war through cinema. Hoping that you will continue to look into history and comment truth and facts regarding. Thank you.

[@chrislund9677]

I like watching movie reactions, particularity movies like this, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, etc. The reactions and the anguish I see in the people viewing each movie tells me that there are still human beings out there who have heart and soul. The world is becoming an open sewer lately. I laugh when I see people cry at the tragedy they see.....In Joy. There are still humans on this planet.

[@terryjohnson5579]

The one scene that always get me as a history nerd and war nerd specifically ive watched it sever times. The litte girl in the red coat at the end. Such a brilliant movie

[@thegreatbamboozler4837]

Spielberg's greatest work... no question. Glad to see that you were so moved by the film.... please take it as both a true story and a cautionary tale as there are still plenty of people out there with anti-Jewish sentiments.

[@carpethroatius1]

This movie is one of the reasons I'll never use the word Nazi as a blind insult. Calling anyone that because you disagree with their political affiliation or view on the world not only cheapens the word to the real evil the actual nazi's committed. But, it also insults and degrades the memories of the innocent men, women and children that where slaughtered at their hands.

[@moonman8450]

Same with racist. Meaningless insults thrown around by people for lack of rational counter arguments

[@streetsoundselectro124]

Just watched your reviews of this film,it's amazing what can be achieved on film.a masterpiece and masterclass in direction and acting.thank you for reminding me how good this film is!

[@freeheeler00]

That was a tough one. I'm glad to have sat through it with you.

[@rafapopawski2559]

In regards to what you said at the end about history and stories of genocide and massacres I recommend the movie Katyn(2007). It is in Polish but avaiable with english subtitles. That could be a story you are maybe not familiar with. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film for the 80th Academy Awards.

[@kasrkin519]

Yes, the world should know more about Soviet barbarity.

[@Ailurophile1984]

Inb4 tankies hatereply

[@willshogren1987]

Lol @ thinking anyone who isn't a profoundly right wing internet freak will know what a "tankie" is.

[@kirstenshute2729]

@@willshogren1987Stalin apologist? Or something like it. I don't think it's (only) a right-wing dogwhistle - at least I first saw the term in a comment in a left-leaning forum.

[@mav2knight]

Saving Private Ryan which you already watched is my favorite movie of all time, but this movie, is one of the most profound and tear jerking films I've ever seen. It is heart wrenching but you did an excellent job reacting to the horrors of Nazi Germany and just a small part of the holocaust....

[@MysterClark]

John Williams score in this movie is simply amazing (as always). To this day if I ever need a good cry I'll just listen to the theme music of this movie and the waterworks start within 15 seconds. It just hits a certain part of me that just destroys me.

[@gmbryant746]

This film is my first watching you to react to and thank you for sharing your experience with us

[@007mjv]

To this day, probably a dozen watches later, I can't help but cry at the "one more person" speech. The sheer looks of anguish and regret on Liam Neeson's face is incredible. He did such a powerful job in this role. A little note. There were a few things that were changed from the real events, among those was Spielberg portrayed the young Nazi soldiers as having decided not to liquidate the factory workers on their own volition. I've read in reality Oskar armed the workers and the soldiers left for self preservation. They were too well programmed to let their conscience dictate their actions.

[@sspdirect02]

4:03 This is also my favorite scene with Ralph because it illiterates the dichotomy of Amon Goeth. Here we have a villain who isn’t a comic book Nazi like what Spielberg did with the Indiana Jones movies but a human being who happens to have committed horrible deeds. As a human being, he is torn between his duty and his own desires. He loves Hellen and wants her for himself. He is willing to taste the forbidden fruit knowing that a sexual liaison between a Jew and an Aryan is punishable by death.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

That's what's so utterly terrifying about the Nazis of Schindler's List--evil though they may be, we're never allowed to forget that they are as human as we are. Goeth complains about the extra workload his boss shoves on him just like any of us might...it just so happens that his boss is Hitler and the "extra work" is exhuming and burning thousands of bodies that he's killed or ordered killed. And there's a scene in the book and in an earlier draft of the screenplay where Leo John, one of the officers, catches tadpoles with his son while the ashes of the dead drift overhead. The contrast is just horrifying.

[@johndavis7094]

Ralph Fiennes as Amon GOETH was unbelievable! A friend of mine met him in London a short time after the movie was released. A wonderful, caring and charming man! And oh yes...one heck of an actor! Hats off to Ralphe!

[@generichuman2044]

This is a film that everyone should watch once. The cinematography and acting is beautiful and the history is so important. One of the best and most needed films ever made