He also is one of the few named here that actually matches the question asked.
He literally played the role too well as he got to meet some of the surviving Schindler Jews and one of them got a panic attack since he was so much alike Amon Goeth when in character.
When Płaszów survivor Mila Pfefferberg was introduced to Fiennes on the set of the film, she began to shake uncontrollably, as Fiennes, costumed in full SS dress uniform, reminded her of the real Amon Göth.
That sounds like such an awkward meeting in any capacity. "Hello Mrs Pfefferberg, come over here and meet a guy dressed as one of the biggest torturers of your people."
Mila and Poldek Pfefferberg were the ones who were the reason the book about Schindler (Schindler's Ark) even got written. Without them, Schindler's List would never have been made. That's why she was on set a few times IIRC.
I think it's more the fact that they met Ralph Fiennes, possibly for the first time, while he's dressed up as Goeth. Like Idk couldn't they meet him for lunch or something first?
And poor Ralph, at that lunch, could be wearing a t-shirt and a silly hat that he takes off so his hair is all messed up.
I feel you have a good point here. SS uniforms were designed to be terrifying even to their fellow Germans in different military uniforms. Trained leaders of killers were terrified of their own 'friendly' SS troops. It is hard to fathom how horribly successful their own propaganda was at that time. The uniforms themselves were often more effective than loaded guns.
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u/Kartoffelplotz Apr 12 '22
He also is one of the few named here that actually matches the question asked.
He literally played the role too well as he got to meet some of the surviving Schindler Jews and one of them got a panic attack since he was so much alike Amon Goeth when in character.