Conflicts

The main conflict throughout this film was Schindler's conscience. He set out to Poland to become a war profiteer and ended up doing something else which was helping as many Jews as he could. Throughout the film he was faced with trying to do the right thing. In most instances he succeeded but in some cases he did not. For example he was unfaithful to his wife Emilie who lived in Germany. His conscience bothered him over this which may have been one of the reasons that drove him in his quest to save over a thousand Jews.

On the other hand, Geoth, who was the evil presence in the movie, had a conflict when he was in love with Helen who was a Jewish prisoner in his camp. Because of Nazi party rules, love between a Jew and a German national was forbidden. This same type of situation resulted in Schindler being arrested and put in prison for a short period of time.

These types of situations because they were real are what made the movie so interesting and depressing.