*SCHINDLER'S LIST* changed me forever | First Time Watching

From what I understand, Robin Williams used to call Steven Spielberg often to get Spielberg laughing and lift his mood because this film was so difficult to make.

"Whoever saves one life saves the world entire" is such a beautiful line

That scene when he looks at his possessions and he counts how many more he could have saved always gets me.

That last scene with the real people walking alongside the actors to deposit the stones on his grave really gets me every time...reminds you that this is not fictional but very very real

I was a theater manager when this came out. I made sure that the ushers knew not to enter the theater to clean it until the last moviegoer had left the auditorium so as not to disrespect them. It’s the only time I ever felt genuinely proud of what I did for a living.

'I could've got one more person, and I didnt!'. That line hits me hard every time.

Not in the film, but the Schindlers were indeed captured by French nationals and showed the letter to them. The group's interpreter read it, burst into tears, and after he translated it to the others, they were so touched that they let the Schindlers go.

Ralph Fiennes met a Jewish woman, Mila Pfefferberg, whom was one of the people Schindler helped save when she was young. She was working as an advisor on the film set. He looked so much like Amon Goth in his costume that the woman was instantly struck with fear and nearly broke down in Spielberg's arms when Fiennes was explaining why it was so great to meet her.

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

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

Not enough is ever said about John Williams' incredible score. Half the impact of the final scene is in the music..

So I am german. We had history classes, and, ehr, history classes in germany is not exactly a walk in the park. But it´s all numbers and lists and text, and the occasional image. Then "Schindlers List" came out, and the city played it in the town hall for school classes, and all the 8th grade classes went there, including us. That hit hard. The movie made it so much more relatable, and made us realize just how unearthly terrible and ugly and awful it was, how humans were treated. This, for me, is what "Hell on Earth" means. We were very silent on our way back. But I am very grateful we went. I don´t know if I would have gone to the cinema to watch it, but after we made the school trip, I knew that was a movie I needed to see. I mean...it was our grandparents who lived through that time, one way or another. Things you need to wrap your head around.

This is the appropriate reaction to Schindler's List. The world would be a better place if everyone had this much empathy.

Thank you for not doing a casual reaction and for showing this masterpiece the respect it deserves.

I saw this movie at a theater when it came out in 1993. I was 32 year old man at the time. I wept openly through most of it. The scenes with the child in the red coat affected me deeply, along with many other scenes of course. I was familiar with what had happened during the war, but this movie made me feel it. It honestly moved me to try to be a better person. Every day. I am 62 years old now and I still include words in my daily prayers to remind myself of the evil that men may do if no one is willing to step forward and make a difference. There may not be a better filmed or more meaningful movie ever made

This is the movie to point to when people challenge the war. When then General Eisenhower saw the camps he ordered cameras, pictures, written accounts and survivor statements, cuz he knee some day someone with too much air in their skull would claim this all never happened.

Wow....just wow! The silent ending of this video spoke louder than any commentary could ever have. It drew tears from me as much as the movie did. Well done. Well done indeed.

They really had to tone down Goeth as he was such a monster other nazis and SS soldiers were horrified by his brutality. Ralph Fiennes playing Amon Goeth took time in between takes to comfort the Schindler Jews on set as his performance, mannerisms and likeness actually caused severe panic attacks in some. He truly was the devil. If you ever were to watch footage of him its truly insane how well Fiennes performed him.

The part where Schindler says: ‘I could have got more out’ that line always fills me with tears.

It is so easy for younger generations to read the "Holocaust" and see the numbers. It's a so much harder a moment when faced with a glimpse into the reality. I watched this movie in memory of my neighbor who had his number tattoo on his arm and only dim memories of the family he lost as a child in the camp. Thank you for sharing this.