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.

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.

"I could have gotten one more person, and I didn't."

That line always gets me right in the heart.  Very powerful movie.

True story, my wife and I went to see this film in the theaters in 1993. After the film ended and we were collecting our thoughts, we heard a young couple talking behind us. The woman asked "So that really happened?" as if she'd never heard of the Holocaust. Which is why this story and others like it are so important. So that we don't forget our humanity, our capacity for evil and the need fight against hatred, injustice and bigotry.

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

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.