Both The Pianist and Maus offer different nuances about the roles of the Germans and the Jews in the Holocaust. Some may see only the Nazis as the killers in the Holocaust and not consider other circumstances. The Pianist and Maus offer different instances to show that collaborators‚ bystanders and rescuers provide a gray area between killers and victims. Bystanders were a major role in The Pianist. Those who stood by and watched wrongdoings were very present in the film. Not only just those who
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Warsaw The Pianist‚ released in 2002‚ is a film directed by Roman Polanski and written by Ronald Harwood. It is based on the book written by Wladyslaw Szpilman. The film has a long list of actors‚ including Adrien Brody‚ Thomas Kretschmann‚ Emilia Fox‚ Frank Finlay‚ Maureen Lipman‚ Ed Stoppard‚ Julia Rayner‚ and Jessica Kate Meyer. The film provides the viewers with amazing actors and actresses playing wonderful characters‚ their realistic costumes and locations‚ and a breathtaking storyline in
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In September 1939‚ Władysław Szpilman‚ a Polish-Jewish pianist‚ plays on radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland at the outbreak of World War II. Hoping for a quick victory‚ Szpilman rejoices with family at home when learning that Britain and France have declared war on Germany. But Germany defeats Poland quickly and its troops enter Warsaw‚ where life for Jews deteriorates as the Nazi authorities prevent them from working or owning businesses and force
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The Pianist is a movie based on a Jewish piano player named Wladyslaw Szpilman that is set in Warsaw‚ Poland‚ during World War II. Roman Polanski directs it‚ and Adrien Brody is the main character‚ Wladyslaw. The movie is about Wladyslaw and his family being relocated from their home into the ghetto. He is known through out Warsaw for his ability to play the piano; he was frequently featured on the radio. Eventually him and his family are separated‚ he is forced to fend for himself‚ and survive in
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Within the film The Pianist Roman Polanski presents us with the important idea that man is capable of committing acts of great brutality and of destroying their fellow man and in turn humanity itself. However‚ Polanski also reveals that it is not a condition of Germans to be evil and Jews to be noble. In fact‚ it is humanity which is capable of great acts of kindness and great acts of atrocity. Polanski reveals the dual nature of humanity through the journey and rapid decline of Wladyslaw Szpilman
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Poland‚ the Jews were persecuted‚ maltreated and deported to extermination camps. All these situations that the Jews had to live during the Jewish Holocaust in the WWII are shown in the film The Pianist (Roman Polanski‚ 2003) from the point of view of Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody)‚ a Polish Jew pianist that escapes and hides from the Nazis in order to survive. The movie is the witness of Szpilman so we can see what he saw and what happened to him. In the film you can see how the life of the Jews
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Keith Beard HST 1014 DR. Fain 12/04/14 RESPONSE PAPER “THE PIANIST” The Pianist‚ released in 2002‚ is a film directed by Roman Polanski and written by Ronald Harwood. Based on the book written by Wladyslaw Szpilman. The film has a long list of actors‚ including Adrien Brody‚ Thomas Kretschmann‚ Emilia Fox‚ Frank Finlay‚ Maureen Lipman‚ Ed Stoppard‚ Julia Rayner‚ and Jessica Kate Meyer. The film provides the viewers with amazing actors and actresses playing wonderful characters‚ their realistic
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Soto March 01‚ 2012 The Pianist The Pianist is a great movie based on a true story. The movie is set in the1940s at the beginning of the Holocaust during World War II. The film begins with a black and white scene. Wladyslaw Szpilman (played by actor Adrien Body)‚ a famous Polish Jew living in Warsaw‚ and working for a radio station as a Pianist sees bombs dropping at the radio station where he works. After the radio station
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Survival‚ to constantly battle to stay alive‚ against all odds. In the film The Pianist‚ directed by Roman Polanski‚ is about how a talented piano player named Wladyslaw Szpilman’s life turns hectic as he is forced to fight against an enormous army. His talent was one of the many reasons why he survived. The people who risked their lives to keep him hidden from the Nazis. Szpilman was both quick witted and extremely lucky. There are many factors that contributed to Szpilman’s survival‚ the outcome
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When professor David Ripley’s son was 3‚ the child fell asleep upon the couch in a timber-frame house his father was building for the family. As Ripley looked down upon his son that day curled up‚ he said to himself‚ "My God‚ if I could put that into a song." Later that day‚ the lyric came to him. Ripley‚ a professor of music who specializes in voice and opera‚ recorded the original composition‚ “The Sleeping of a Child‚” on his 1990 "Mustard Seed‚ Songs of Faith" recording. For many years‚ he
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