The Pianist
The Pianist (2002)
The image above sums up the devastation and horror that is seen in The Pianist. The movie takes place in Warsaw, Poland during the Holocaust. It tells the story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Jewish piano player who must struggle to survive Germany's reign of terror. This film was haunting. I won't go into specifics, but it shares a lot with Schindler's list. I just can't imagine how hard it would be to live through that, it was simply horrific. The role of Szpilman was played flawlessly by Adrian Brody, who with just his eyes showed how much pain he and other Jews went through during that period. The film was directed by the great Roman Polanski, who was actually part of a concentration camp as a kid in Poland. This is a true story of survival based on the book written by Wladyslaw Szpilman himself.
All throughout the events of this movie, I was in disbelief at how badly one human could treat another. This was only sixty years ago, how much have we changed? This type of oppression is still going on today in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, among other places. If it's anything like the things I've seen in this film and Schindler's list to a greater extent, then we need to help them any way that we can. I encourage you to watch this film.
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All throughout the events of this movie, I was in disbelief at how badly one human could treat another. This was only sixty years ago, how much have we changed? This type of oppression is still going on today in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, among other places. If it's anything like the things I've seen in this film and Schindler's list to a greater extent, then we need to help them any way that we can. I encourage you to watch this film.
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