The Pianist essays

The Pianist essays The Pianist is a historically based film that captivates the audience with its intense, riveting scenes. The movie outlines Hitlers policies against the Jewish race during the holocaust in the late 1930s. It focuses on the lives of one particular Jewish family during the period in which Hitler invades and occupies the Polish community of Warsaw. The title was inspired by the career of the main character before and after the Holocaust. The film chronicles the experiences of a Jewish pianist and his survival through the Holocaust with determination and the help of others, while millions of other Jews perish. The theme is portrayed effectively throughout the movie. The merciless treatment of the Jewish people convinces the audience to empathize with the characters in the movie. The movie begins with the pianist, Szpilman, in the studio playing the piano while the community of Warsaw is being bombed. A woman who will help him later in the movie approaches him and tells him of her admiration for his musical talent. Soon after the bombings, Hitler institutes the policies, he takes away their money and their property and they are forbidden to enter public places. These policies soon become more severe when Hitler forces the Jews into Ghettos and eventually into concentration camps. When the pianist and his family are being escorted to a train destined for the concentration camp, the pianist is helped by a police officer and he escapes. Several helpful Germans then help him to hide out from the Nazi soldiers. When Hitlers police seize the Germans, Szpilman returns to his old apartment building in the Ghetto. There a Nazi soldier who helps him by bringing him food and other supplies finds him. The movie ends with the British army invading Poland and sending all the Nazi soldiers to labour camps. In doing this, they save what is left of the Jewish population in Poland. ...