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The Pianist is about world war 2. The pianist is about how the Jewish were fighting with the Narzi because the Narzi wanted to take over the nation. Szpilman is the main character in the movie, he is known as a polish jew. He and his family are have limited resources and in order for them to gain money they had to sell their piano has sentimental value because it was treasured to him and his family. Szpilman and his family and the jewish were forced to move to another district by order from the German Narzi government. The Germans built a wall called the ghetto wall which symbolises a barrier for the jewish to pass through that wall. in order for the jewish to work, they had to sneak over to the other side and sell their possessions for them to gain money. Szpilman and his family have travel by train but Hitler dragged out Szpilman and he had to leave his family in order for him to survive. Spilzman had to work for the German Narzi but later punish for his lack of concentration on duty because bricks fell off his back. He had to move to different places in order for him to not get caught by the Germans. In 1943 the Jewish fought back against the German but the Germans retaliate by bombing the Jewish’s district. Szpilman was in a hotel and was caught by one of the lady who worked in that hotel because she was checking if people were Germans by asking them for their identity but he ran out and moved to another hotel. In 1944 august 1st the Russians came in and conquered Germany.
The film shows a relation to Distinctively visual on how we can see the images in the film. we can also visualise or imagine on what it would be like if we were in their shoes. The film ‘the pianist’ shows variety of visual techniques, such as the black and white colour during the opening of the movie, it tells us the movie is revolves around the past. The effect of the gun firing when the German Narzi were shooting the jewish people, this also creates an emotional

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