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The Pianist
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
| Release : | 2002 |
| Rating : | 8.5 |
| Studio : | Canal+, Bac Films, Canal+ Polska, |
| Crew : | Art Direction, Construction Coordinator, |
| Cast : | Adrien Brody Thomas Kretschmann Frank Finlay Maureen Lipman Emilia Fox |
| Genre : | Drama War |
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Very well executed
Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Fantastic!
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. The Pianist is a stunning film about the horror that jews faced in World War II. The movie definitely benefits from Adrien Brody's amazing perfomance but also Thomas Kretschmann who really fits quite well the role of the german. The movie also has some shocking scenes like people getting run over by jeeps that the german soldiers are driving but also an entire building on fire with people jumping from it and facing their demise as germans are laughing. This is definitely a well edited, well shot and well directed drama and one of Brody's best works to date. (10/10)
What? Why even made it, what the hell is wrong with these film makers. They look like idiotically stupid.Please dont waste you time watching this piece of crap. Regret the whole time why wasted my time on this crap.Thank You
A Holocaust movie, which shows that the atrocities committed by Fuhrer.
A great movie on a powerful, essential subject -- the Holocaust years in Poland -- directed with such artistry and skill that, as we watch, the barriers of the screen seem to melt away. The closing scenes of the movie involve Szpilman's confrontation with a German captain named Wilm Hosenfeld -- Polanski's direction of this scene, his use of pause and nuance, is masterful. Szpilman takes to performing sonatas in thin air, eyes closed, those jittery fingers stroking nothing but air. It's a wonderful moment in a wonderful, ghastly film, and one of the most moving arguments for the redemptive powers of art ever made. Crafted without a whiff of melodrama, this motion picture takes a steady, unflinching look at the plight of Jews in Warsaw. Polanski, who was a Jewish child in Krakow when the Germans arrived in September 1939, presents Szpilman's story with bleak, acid humor and with a ruthless objectivity that encompasses both cynicism and compassion.VERDICT: "High-Quality Stuff" - This is a rating to a movie I view as very entertaining and well made, and definitely worth paying the full price at a theater to see or own on DVD. It is not perfect, but it is definitely excellent. (Films that are rated 3.5 or 4 stars)
