Schindler's List Quotes
Oskar Schindler : What are you doing? These are mine. These are my workers. They should be on my train. They're skilled ammunition workers. They're essential. Essential girls! [ shows the guard Danka Dresners hand ]
Oskar Schindler : Their fingers polish the inside of shell metal casings. How else am I to polish the inside of a 45 millimeter shell casing? You tell me. You tell me!
Oskar Schindler : Their fingers polish the inside of shell metal casings. How else am I to polish the inside of a 45 millimeter shell casing? You tell me. You tell me!
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[ watching the incineration of Jews' bodies outside Krakow ]
Amon Goeth : Can you believe this? As if I don't have enough to do, they come up with this? I have to find every rag buried up here and burn it. The party's over, Oskar. They're closing us down, sending everybody to Auschwitz.
Oskar Schindler : When?
Amon Goeth : I don't know. As soon as I can arrange the shipments, maybe thirty, forty days. That ought to be fun.
Amon Goeth : Can you believe this? As if I don't have enough to do, they come up with this? I have to find every rag buried up here and burn it. The party's over, Oskar. They're closing us down, sending everybody to Auschwitz.
Oskar Schindler : When?
Amon Goeth : I don't know. As soon as I can arrange the shipments, maybe thirty, forty days. That ought to be fun.
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[ the morning after Schindler leaves Brinnlitz, a Russian officer finds the workers ]
Russian officer : You have been liberated by the Soviet army!
Itzhak Stern : Have you been in Poland?
Russian officer : I just came from Poland.
Itzhak Stern : Are there any Jews left?
Michael Lemper : Where should we go?
Russian officer : Don't go east, that's for sure. They hate you there. I wouldn't go west either, if I were you.
Chaim Nowak : We could use some food.
Russian officer : Isn't that a town over there?
Russian officer : You have been liberated by the Soviet army!
Itzhak Stern : Have you been in Poland?
Russian officer : I just came from Poland.
Itzhak Stern : Are there any Jews left?
Michael Lemper : Where should we go?
Russian officer : Don't go east, that's for sure. They hate you there. I wouldn't go west either, if I were you.
Chaim Nowak : We could use some food.
Russian officer : Isn't that a town over there?
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[ Stern brings a report to Schindler at lunchtime ]
Oskar Schindler : I could try to read this, or I could eat my lunch while it's still hot. We're doing well?
Itzhak Stern : Yes.
Oskar Schindler : Better this month than last?
Itzhak Stern : Yes.
Oskar Schindler : Any reason to think next month will be worse?
Itzhak Stern : The war could end.
Oskar Schindler : I could try to read this, or I could eat my lunch while it's still hot. We're doing well?
Itzhak Stern : Yes.
Oskar Schindler : Better this month than last?
Itzhak Stern : Yes.
Oskar Schindler : Any reason to think next month will be worse?
Itzhak Stern : The war could end.
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[ after Schindler pulls him off a train bound for the work camps ]
Itzhak Stern : Somehow I left my work card at home. I tried to explain to them that it was a mistake, but... I'm sorry. It was stupid!
Oskar Schindler : What if I got here five minutes later? Then where would I be?
Itzhak Stern : Somehow I left my work card at home. I tried to explain to them that it was a mistake, but... I'm sorry. It was stupid!
Oskar Schindler : What if I got here five minutes later? Then where would I be?
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Mr. Lowenstein : I am an essential worker.
First S.S. Guard : Essential worker!
Mr. Lowenstein : Yes! I work for Oskar Schindler.
First S.S. Guard : Essential worker for Oskar Schindler.
Mr. Lowenstein : Yes!
Second S.S. Guard : A one-armed Jew. Twice as useless.
First S.S. Guard : Essential worker!
Mr. Lowenstein : Yes! I work for Oskar Schindler.
First S.S. Guard : Essential worker for Oskar Schindler.
Mr. Lowenstein : Yes!
Second S.S. Guard : A one-armed Jew. Twice as useless.
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Oskar Schindler : [ to Emilie Schindler ] No doorman or Maitre d' will ever mistake you again. I promise.
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[ it's a scorching hot day and the Jews are packed into the cattle cars ]
Oskar Schindler : What do you say we get your fire hoses out here and hose down the cars? Indulge me.
Amon Goeth : Hujar.
Albert Hujar : Yes sir?
Amon Goeth : Bring the fire hoses.
Albert Hujar : Where's the fire? [ Schindler and Goeth laugh ]
Oskar Schindler : What do you say we get your fire hoses out here and hose down the cars? Indulge me.
Amon Goeth : Hujar.
Albert Hujar : Yes sir?
Amon Goeth : Bring the fire hoses.
Albert Hujar : Where's the fire? [ Schindler and Goeth laugh ]
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Oskar Schindler : [ Schindler and Stern are writing the list ] How many?
Itzhak Stern : 400, 450.
Oskar Schindler : More. More.
Itzhak Stern : 400, 450.
Oskar Schindler : More. More.
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Oskar Schindler : How are you doing Rabbi?
Rabbi Menasha Lewartow : Good Herr Direktor.
Oskar Schindler : The sun is going down.
Rabbi Menasha Lewartow : Yes it is.
Oskar Schindler : What day is it? Friday? It is Friday, isn't it?
Rabbi Menasha Lewartow : Is it?
Oskar Schindler : What's the matter with you? You should be preparing for the Sabbath, shouldn't you. I've got some wine in my office. Come.
Rabbi Menasha Lewartow : Good Herr Direktor.
Oskar Schindler : The sun is going down.
Rabbi Menasha Lewartow : Yes it is.
Oskar Schindler : What day is it? Friday? It is Friday, isn't it?
Rabbi Menasha Lewartow : Is it?
Oskar Schindler : What's the matter with you? You should be preparing for the Sabbath, shouldn't you. I've got some wine in my office. Come.
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Wilhelm Kunde : [ Goeth is being driven round the Ghetto in an open top car ] This street divides the ghetto just about in half. On the right, ghetto A, civil employees, industrial workers and so on. On the left, ghetto B, surplus labor, the elderly and infirm, mostly, which is where you will want to start. Any questions?
Amon Goeth : Ja. Why is the top down? I'm fucking freezing.
Amon Goeth : Ja. Why is the top down? I'm fucking freezing.
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[ the Ghetto is being "cleared out", with machine gun fire all around, two SS Guards stop and listen to a fellow Guard playing the piano ]
First S.S. Guard : Was ist das? Ist das Bach?
Second S.S. Guard : Nein.
First S.S. Guard : Ist das Bach?
Second S.S. Guard : Nein. Mozart.
First S.S. Guard : Mozart?
Second S.S. Guard : Ja.
First S.S. Guard : Was ist das? Ist das Bach?
Second S.S. Guard : Nein.
First S.S. Guard : Ist das Bach?
Second S.S. Guard : Nein. Mozart.
First S.S. Guard : Mozart?
Second S.S. Guard : Ja.
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S.S. Guard : Occupation?
Moses : I am a writer, I play the flute.
Itzhak Stern : But Moses is also a skilled metal worker, he can make pots, he can make tanks, he can make whatever Mr Schindler asks.
Moses : I am a writer, I play the flute.
Itzhak Stern : But Moses is also a skilled metal worker, he can make pots, he can make tanks, he can make whatever Mr Schindler asks.
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Chaim Nowak : Not essential? I think you misunderstand the meaning of the word. I teach history and literature, since when it's not essential?
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Itzhak Stern : I'm sorry, Herr Direktor, you're running very late. Here, this is for the Obersturmbahnführer and this is for his niece, it's her birthday, Greta. Greta as in Garbo.
Oskar Schindler : By the way, don't *ever* do that to me again. Didn't you notice that man only had one arm?
Itzhak Stern : Did he.
Oskar Schindler : What's his use? [ gets into his car ]
Itzhak Stern : Very useful.
Oskar Schindler : [ shouts from car window ] How?
Itzhak Stern : [ shouts back ] Very useful! Success!
Oskar Schindler : By the way, don't *ever* do that to me again. Didn't you notice that man only had one arm?
Itzhak Stern : Did he.
Oskar Schindler : What's his use? [ gets into his car ]
Itzhak Stern : Very useful.
Oskar Schindler : [ shouts from car window ] How?
Itzhak Stern : [ shouts back ] Very useful! Success!
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Reiter : [ about to be shot ] It will take more than that.
S.S. Guard : I'm sure you're right. [ shoots her ]
S.S. Guard : I'm sure you're right. [ shoots her ]
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Oskar Schindler : [ addressing two unco-operative Nazi officers at the train station ] Gentlemen, thank you very much. I think I can guarantee you- you'll both be in Southern Russia before the end of the month. Good day.
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Oskar Schindler : Why do you drink that motor oil? I send you good stuff all the time.
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Oskar Schindler : You'd leave a lady alone at a table in a place like this? [ to Agnieska ]
Oskar Schindler : Sweetheart, you're the picture of loneliness.
Oskar Schindler : Sweetheart, you're the picture of loneliness.
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Wilhelm Kunde : That's what they do. They weather the storm. But this storm is different, this storm is the SS.
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Oskar Schindler : So the man can turn out a hinge in less than a minute, why the long story?
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Emilie Schindler : I will only stay with you only if you promise, nobody will ever mistake anyone but me for Mrs. Oscar Schindler.
Emilie Schindler : [ Next shot she is going away on a train ] Good-bye!
Oskar Schindler : Good-bye!
Emilie Schindler : [ Next shot she is going away on a train ] Good-bye!
Oskar Schindler : Good-bye!
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Oskar Schindler : In every business I tried, I can see now, it wasn't me that failed. Something was missing. Even if I'd known what it was, there's nothing I could have done about it because you can't create this thing. And it makes all the difference in the world between success and failure.
Emilie Schindler : Luck? [ Schindler kisses his wife's hand and smiles ]
Oskar Schindler : War.
Emilie Schindler : Luck? [ Schindler kisses his wife's hand and smiles ]
Oskar Schindler : War.
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Itzhak Stern : The standard SS rate for skilled Jewish workers is seven marks a day, five for unskilled and women. This is what you pay to the Reich Economic Office. The Jews themselves receive nothing. Poles you pay wages. Generally, they get a little more. Are you listening?
Oskar Schindler : What was that about the SS? The rate? The what?
Itzhak Stern : The Jewish worker's salary - you pay it directly to the SS, not to the worker. He gets nothing.
Oskar Schindler : But it's less. It's less than what I would pay to a Pole.
Itzhak Stern : It's less.
Oskar Schindler : That's the point I'm trying to make. Poles cost more. Why should I hire Poles?
Oskar Schindler : What was that about the SS? The rate? The what?
Itzhak Stern : The Jewish worker's salary - you pay it directly to the SS, not to the worker. He gets nothing.
Oskar Schindler : But it's less. It's less than what I would pay to a Pole.
Itzhak Stern : It's less.
Oskar Schindler : That's the point I'm trying to make. Poles cost more. Why should I hire Poles?
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Amon Goeth : [ after shooting Rieter in the head after she points out the instability of the barracks foundation ] Tear it down. Rebuild it like she said. [ Looks at an SS officer ]
Amon Goeth : We're not going to have arguments with these people.
Amon Goeth : We're not going to have arguments with these people.
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