Schindler's List Page #7

I said to him,

"Why are you beating me?"

He said, "The reason

I beat you now

"is because you

ask why I beat you."

I know your

sufferings, Helen.

It doesn't matter.

I have accepted them.

Accepted them?

One day he will shoot me.

No, no, no,

he won't shoot you.

I know. I see things.

We were on the roof on Monday,

young Lisiek and I,

and we saw the Herr Kommandant

come out of the front door

and down the steps by the

patio, right there below us,

and there on the steps

he drew his gun and he

shot a woman who

was passing by.

A woman carrying a bundle.

Through the throat.

Just a woman on her

way somewhere, you know?

She was no fatter or thinner

or slower or faster

than anyone else,

and I couldn't

guess what had she done.

The more you see of

the Herr Kommandant,

the more you see there is no

set rules that you can live by.

You can't say to yourseIf, "If I

follow these rules, I will be safe."

He won't shoot you because

he enjoys you too much.

He enjoys you so much he won't

even let you wear the star.

He doesn't want

anyone else to know

it's a Jew he's enjoying.

He shot the woman

from the steps

because she meant

nothing to him.

She was one of a series,

neither offending

or pleasing him.

But you, Helen.

It's all right. It's

not that kind of a kiss.

Thank you.

Shh.

Here.

Right. The wine.

Wonderful party, Amon.

Thank you.

Why do you drink

that motor oil?

Hmm? send you good

stuff all the time.

Your liver's going to explode

like a hand grenade.

You know, I look at you.

I watch you.

You're never drunk.

Oh, that's...

That's real control.

Control is power.

That's power.

Is that why they fear us?

We have the f***ing power to

kill, that's why they fear us.

They fear us because we have

the power to kill arbitrarily.

A man commits a crime,

he should know better.

We have him killed, and we

feel pretty good about it.

Or we kill him ourselves

and we feel even better.

That's not power, though.

That's justice.

It's different than power.

Power is when we have

every justification to kill,

and we don't.

You think that's power?

That's what the emperors had.

A man stole something,

he's brought in

before the emperor,

he throws himseIf down on

the ground, he begs for mercy.

He knows he's going to die.

And the emperor pardons him.

This worthless man.

He lets him go.

I think you are drunk.

That's power, Amon.

That is power.

Amon the Good.

I pardon you.

What do they want?

I don't know, but they're in

my office now reviewing our books.

As my accountant, tell me, should

I be alarmed that the auditors

are reviewing my books?

Well...

Or have you done

your job properly?

You needn't be alarmed.

I needn't be alarmed.

I'm sorry, sir.

Do you know how much

this saddle is worth?

Do you know how

much it costs?

All right.

All right.

Stern, what the hell are you

doing following me around?

Baracken eins, eIf

fnfzehn und zwounddreiig

am Appellplatz melden.

She was smoking

on the job.

Tell her not to do it again.

I have to report, sir.

I've been unable to remove

the stains from your bathtub.

What are you using, Lisiek?

Soap, Commandant.

Soap? Not lye?

Go ahead, go on, leave.

Leave, I pardon you.

I pardon you.

AIthough I am not a

rabbi, in these circumstances

I pray to the Almighty

that he will forgive me

if I intone the blessings.

Baruch atah hashem

ehloheinu melech haolam

Asher tzivanu

al haraayot

V'asar aleinu et haarusot

V'hitir lanu et han'suot

Al y'dei chupah

v'kidushin

Milosc tak pieknie tlumaczy

Zdrade i klamstwo i grzech

Choc bys ja przeklal

w rozpaczy

Ze jest okrutna i zla

Milosc ci wszystko wybaczy

Bo milosc moj mily to ja

So...

This is where you

come to hide from me.

I came to tell you

that you really

are a wonderful cook

and a well-trained servant.

I mean it. If you need

a reference after the war,

I'd be happy to give you one.

It must get lonely down here

when you're listening to everyone

upstairs having such a good time.

Does it?

You can answer.

But what's the right answer?

That's what you're thinking.

What does he want to hear?

The truth, Helen,

is always the right answer.

Yes, you're right.

Sometimes we're both lonely.

Yes. I...

I mean,

I would like so much to

reach out and touch

you in your loneliness.

What would that be like,

I wonder? mean...

What would be wrong with that?

I realize that

you're not a person in

the strictest sense

of the word, but...

No, maybe you're right

about that too, you know,

maybe what's wrong isn't...

It's not us.

It's... No, it's this.

I mean,

when they compare you to

vermin, and to rodents,

and to lice...

I just...

No, you make a good point.

You make a very good point.

Is this the face of a rat?

Are these the eyes of a rat?

Hath not a Jew eyes?

Ci wszystko wybaczy

Bo milosc moj mily

I feel for you, Helen.

To ja

No, I don't think so.

You're a Jewish b*tch.

You nearly talked me

into it, didn't you?

Didn't you?

Bravo.

Hoch!

Hoch! Hoch!

Bravo!

Bravo!

Hoch!

Hoch! Hoch!

On behaIf of the workers, sir,

I wish for you

a happy birthday.

Happy birthday.

Well, the staff, please.

Thank you very much for the lovely

cake.

Thank you very much.

Tell them thank you from me.

To ostatnia niedziela

Dzisiaj sie rozstaniemy

The trains arrived and the

people were driven out with clubs.

They were lined up in front

of two big warehouses.

One was marked "Cloak Room,"

and the other "Valuables."

And there they

were made to undress.

A Jewish boy handed them pieces of

string to tie their shoes together.

They shaved their hair.

They told them

it was needed to

make something

special for U-boat crews.

And then they were herded

down a big corridor

to bunkers with Stars

of David on the doors

and signs that said

"Bath and Inhalation Room."

SS gave them soap.

They told them to

breathe all the time

because it's good

for disinfecting.

And then they gassed them.

Mila, why soaps?

So that they would

agree to go in, I think.

Come on, Mila, stop it. Your

bedtime stories are scaring everyone.

Yeah. You know

it's ridiculous.

I cannot believe it.

I didn't say I believed it.

I said I heard it.

From who?

From somebody who heard it

from someone who was there.

You know,

if they were there,

they would

have been gassed.

Yes.

It doesn't

make any sense.

We're their workforce.

What sense does it make

to kill your own workforce?

To go to all this trouble of

assembling a workforce only to...

No, it can't be true.

We are very,

very important for them.

Yeah, we do now.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

Sweet dreams.

Attention, attention.

Everyone who is alive

is to come to the Appellplatz.

Attention, attention.

We have to go to

the Appellplatz.

Everyone who is alive...

The list makers are here.

...is to come to

the Appellplatz.

There is going

to be a selection.

Attention, attention.

Everyone who is alive

is to come to the Appellplatz.

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