Schindler’s list


Oskar Schindler: “I could have got more out. I could have got more. I don’t know. If I’d just… I could have got more.”

Itzhak Stern: “Oskar, there are eleven hundred people who are alive because of you. Look at them.”

Oskar Schindler: “If I’d made more money… I threw away so much money. You have no idea. If I’d just…”

Itzhak Stern: “There will be generations because of what you did.”

Oskar Schindler: “I didn’t do enough!”

Itzhak Stern: “You did so much.”

[Schindler looks at his car]

Oskar Schindler: “This car. Goeth would have bought this car. Why did I keep the car? Ten people right there. Ten people. Ten more people.”

[removing Nazi pin from lapel]

Oskar Schindler: “This pin. Two people. This is gold. Two more people. He would have given me two for it, at least one. One more person. A person, Stern. For this.”

[sobbing]

Oskar Schindler: “I could have gotten one more person… and I didn’t! And I… I didn’t!”

_Schindler’s List (1993)