The pianist - Roman Polanski

‘' The Pianist ” - Roman Polanski

Does the world really need another Holocaust film? Keene (23 December 2002). Roman Polanski’s, ‘'The Pianist’ brings us face to face with a historical record presented on screen so many times it may seem to have lost some of its force. During the past 13 years, there have been 170 movies on the Holocaust. No other historic subject has received such extraordinary cinematic focus. Whilst we can say the theme has been over exploited, ‘'The Pianist'’ focuses on one person's extraordinary story, however also emphasises that almost every holocaust survivor possesses an equally terrifying account.

Based on a true story, '‘'The Pianist’ recounts the experiences of Wladislaw Szpilman (Adrian Brody), a young Jewish musician whose world was, his family and his music, until he was deprived of both when the Germans invaded Poland in 1939. ‘'The Pianist’ puts you in the Warsaw Ghetto that encloses you, just as the brick wall enclosed ...