History Funny / SchindlersList

* Some BlackComedy occurs when Göth tries executing one of Schindler's workers... only for his Luger to jam on him. This is [[TruthInTelevision realistic]], as all Luger pistols needed perfectly clean ammo and immaculately clean and freshly greased mechanical parts to fire. [[FridgeBrilliance The scene was to subtly show how Goeth, who never had been a battlefield soldier, was a bit of a slacker when it comes to caring for his own gun]]. He produces a Czech Browning pistol instead... and it too jams on him. After several fruitless attempts to shoot the guy, he just {{Pistol Whip}}s him and leaves.
** What makes this scene ''hilarious'' is that the whole time, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]], a succession of young Jewish guys are running back and forth across the screen, returning with stolen furniture, and then returning for ''another'' trip around... while the poor Jewish rabbi and the SS men are completely oblivious.

--> It’s the last Sunday
--> Today we’ll part
--> Today we’ll leave each other
--> Forever

* In a moment of MoodWhiplash that only Steven Spielberg could pull off. A bunch of prisoners are assembled and confronted by Goeth about a prisoner who has apparently killed a chicken. When nobody steps forward Goeth immediately executes one of the prisoners randomly. He then asks again who is responsible and within seconds raises his rifle towards another prisoner. Then a young boy steps forward. Anybody watching was certainly horrified, and even the guard behind Goeth looks very uneasy for a moment. Goeth in his very creepy way confronts the boy and asks if he did it, in tears the boy responds no. Goeth says “but you know who it was?” Tearfully the boy responds that yes he does. The tension is extremely high, when Goeth asks him who it was he points at the prisoner Goeth had just executed and loudly declares that he was the guilty man. Though you do not see his face Goeth’s body language suggests he knows he’s just been had but with some FridgeBrilliance we know he must have been impressed since he not only let the boy live, he let him work in Schindler’s factory.

* At one point, Stern goes to a document forger in order to get new identity papers for a man who's been denied an "essential worker" permit. The forger cranks out the papers, Stern looks them over...and then crumples them up and pours a cup of tea all over them. When the forger asks if there's anything wrong with the papers, Stern says that they're perfect -- and ''that's'' the problem; they look too new for a man in his fifties!

* Emilie Schindler tells Oskar, "''I will only stay if you promise me, no doorman or maitre d will ever mistake anyone but me for Mrs. Oscar Schindler.''" GilliganCut has Emilie leaving on her train. Apparently [[TheCasanova Oskar]] isn't ready to commit to his own wife.

-->'''Schindler:''' It couldn't be better.\\

'''Mrs. Nussbaum:''' It could be worse...\\
'''Mr. Nussbaum:''' [...] How could it possibly be worse?!\\

* Emilie Schindler tells Oskar "''I will only stay if you promise me, no doorman or maitre d will ever mistake anyone but me for Mrs. Oscar Schindler.''" GilliganCut has Emilie leaving on her train. Apparently [[TheCasanova Oskar]] isn't ready to commit to his own wife.

* It's hard not to laugh at Goeth's execution, with it taking two Soviets several tries to kick the stool out from under his bulk.

* A BilingualBonus. After Oscar kisses a Jewish woman on his birthday party, the orchestra, which was silently watching in disbelief, promptly starts to play [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUz8DlX3SMc "Ostatnia niedziela"]]. The lines translate to:

--> For the eternal time

* A man enters a church during a mass. He gets inside, hesitantly makes the sign of the cross at the doors, and walks to a pew. As the camera pans over the pews, it reveals they are all filled with ''Jewish'' traders, all exchanging notes, rates, and other info about deals and goods they have in what passes for a secure place. All while a mass is going in the background.

* A man enters a church during a mass. He gets inside, hesitantly makes a mark of cross at the doors and walks to a pew. As the camera pans over the pews, it reveals they are all filled with ''Jewish'' traders, all exchanging notes, rates and other info about deals and goods they have in what passes as a secure place. All while a mass is going in the background.

* A BilingualBonus. After Oscar kisses a Jewish woman on his birthday party, the orchestra, which was silently watching in disbelief, promptly starts to play [[https://youtu.be/8F7juh9Q-To?t=18s "Ostatnia niedziela"]]. The lines translate to:

--> For ever

* A BilingualBonus. After Oscar kisses a Jewish woman on his birthday party, the orchestra, which was silently watching in disbelief, promptly starts to play [[https://youtu.be/8F7juh9Q-To?t=18s "Ostatnia niedziela"]]. The lines translate to: ---> It’s the last Sunday

* A BilingualBonus. After Oscar kisses a Jewish woman on his birthday party, the orchestra, which was silently watching in disbelief, promptly starts to play [[https://youtu.be/8F7juh9Q-To?t=18s "Ostatnia niedziela"]]. The lines translate to "This is the last Sunday,/Today we part,/Today we will move apart/On the eternal time."

* A man enters a church during a mass. He gets inside, hesitantly makes a mark of cross at the doors and walks to a pew. As the camera pans over the pews, it reveales they are all filled with ''Jewish'' traders, all exchanging notes, rates and other info about deals and goods they have in what passes as a secure place. All while a mass is going in the background.

* A man enters a church during a mass. He gets inside, hesitantly makes a mark of cross at the doors and walks to a pen. As the camera pans over the pens, it reveales they are all filled with ''Jewish'' traders, all exchanging notes, rates and other info about deals and goods they have in what passes as a secure place. All while a mass is going in the background.

** Turns into BlackComedy when Schindler reveals himself, wearing an NSDAP pin in his jacket. The pens almost instantly get empty, leaving only Oskar and Poldek.

* A man enters a church during a mass. He gets inside, hesitantly makes a mark of cross at the doors and walks to a pen. As the camera pans over the pens, it reveales they are all filled with ''Jewish'' traders, all exchanging notes, rates and other info about deals and goods they have in what passes as a secure place. All while a mass is going in a background.

** FridgeBrilliance kicks in when you realize that by hiring them all, he includes the woman who wasn't as attractive but was very competent. Schindler gets what he wants and what he needs all at once.

* A BilingualBonus. After Oscar kisses a Jewish woman on his birthday party, the orchestra, which was silently watching in disbelief, promptly starts to play [[https://youtu.be/8F7juh9Q-To?t=18s "Ostatnia niedziela"]]. The lines goes as "This is the last Sunday,| Today we part,| Today we will move apart| On the eternal time."

* Some BlackComedy occurs when Göth tries executing one of Schindler's workers... only for his Luger to jam on him. This is [[TruthInTelevision realistic]], as all Luger pistols needed perfectly clean ammo and immaculately clean and freshly greased mechanical parts to fire. [[EasterEgg The scene was to subtly show how Goeth, who never had been a battlefield soldier, was a bit of a slacker when it comes to caring for his own gun]]. He produces a Czech Browning pistol instead... and it too jams on him. After several fruitless attempts to shoot the guy, he just {{Pistol Whip}}s him and leaves.

* A BilingualBonus. After Oscar kissed a Jewish woman on his birthday party, the orchestra, which was silently watched in disbelief, promptly starts to play [[https://youtu.be/8F7juh9Q-To?t=18s "Ostatnia niedziela"]]. The lines goes as "This is the last Sunday,| Today we part,| Today we will move apart| On the eternal time."

As harrowing as this movie is, it's not without it's moments of levity:

-----

--> '''Schindler:''' It couldn't be better.
--> ''Cut to the ghetto''
--> '''Mrs. Nussbaum:''' It could be worse...
--> '''Mr. Nussbaum:''' [...] How could it possibly be worse?!
--> ''Twelve other Jews walk into the room, saying greetings''

--> '''Stern:''' The war could end.

* Morbid and serious as it is, its hard not to chuckle a little when a Jewish boy in the Plaszow camp, savvy on where the Nazis are really taking the kids, tries to find a hiding place. He keeps running into other kids who have already claimed the spots.
* A meta one, but when the Spielberg noticed that everyone was becoming depressed working on such a sad picture, he called up a comedian friend of his to tell jokes over the phone to cheer everyone back up. That friend? Creator/RobinWilliams.

--> '''Stern:''' How many cigarettes have you smoked tonight?
--> '''Schindler:''' Too many.
--> '''Stern:''' ''(coughing)'' For every one you smoke, I smoke half!

--> '''Schindler:''' Stern, if this factory ever produces a shell that can actually be fired, I'll be very unhappy.