For this Assigned Blog we had to pick another WWII movie, and so I picked The Pianist. His name was Wladuslaw Szpilman.
This movie is about a very intellegent pianist, who is Jewish. He works for the radio, and does what he does best, which is playing the paino. Radio station is shaked by explosions from the Germans bombing. He goes home and finds out that the United Kingdom and France declared war with Nazi Germany. His family celebrated, they thought that the war would have ended fast. But not quite at all what they had thought. They had been shipped off to the ghetto, and than they thought it was all going to be okay. They had heard some noises coming from outside and so they had turned off there lights and looked outside. The Natzi's were across the street barging in people and in the appartment directly across there was a family sitting down and eating. The Natzi's came in and told them all to stand up. One man, on the end was in a wheel chair and couldn't. Two Natzi's than took the him and the wheel chair and threw him over the balcony. Than they realized, this wasn't going away. More and more people were getting killed, dying. This was happening.
While all the jews are all getting showed into cars, the pianist gets saved. He tries to work, but isn't strong enough. So he than works to get the potateos out of bags and such. He manages to escape and meet up with a beautiful blonde lady, who he formally knows. He, her, and her husband were all friends. She is a singer, while her husband is a actor. They find him a place to stay. She goes and visits him twice a week and brings food. He gets really hungry and than goes to find something to eat late one night. He can't quite reach the top shelf, and so he pulls alittle on the final one he can. It than breaks. Making very loud noises, and everyone hears. They knock on the door, make him come out. When it gets quite he manages to sneak out. He runs for it. He goes to a house that the actor had told him to go to.
He meets this new guys wife. The man than meets this new guy, and he arranges a new place for him to stay. They will bring him food. He than gets really sick. A special doctor must come see him. He gets food into his system. The jews than bomb the building. The couple moved to her parents, so he gets locked in. When they start he runs threw a hole that was made into the wall by one of the cannons. He finds a hospital than, that starts to get shot at. He makes a break for it.
He hurts his leg. That will not stop him though. He has made it this far, no way is he turning back. He makes it to a building. Kind of sucluded if you ask me. Makes it to the attic. He German finds him trying to open a can. He asks common questions, as "What do you do?" and "Are you a jew?" He plays for this Natzi. The Natzi sits, and listens. Has him show him where he has been staying. He does so. Asks if he has food, holds up the one can of food he has. The Natzi walks away, and let's him live. He comes back with food for him, twice. He asks for his name, so he can hear for him. Listen to him again. He has talent. He also gives him his coat. It's a Natzi coat, but it is something. He than hears that they are once again free, and so he runs outside, more excited than ever.
The Russians see the coat, and begin to shoot. He conviences them that he is not one of them, and that he is only wearing it to be warm. They help him, and than more Jews are freed. This man walks by and yells, "You took everything from me, but look where I am now! And look at where you are! I was a musican, and you took everything!" The Natzi that helped Wladyslaw asked him if he knew the man he had helped. Asked of him to tell him where he was, so he could than return the favor. The man tells Wladyslaw but, he doesn't know his location, or his name. So he cannot help.
Wladysaw Szpilman continues to live in Warsaw intil his death on Jule 6th, 2000. He was 88 years old. He had played Piano till he died, just like he had planned. The name of the German officer was Captain Wilm Hosenfeld. All that we know is that he died in a Soviet Prisoner-Of-War Camp in 1952.
I thought that in the beggining it was alittle hard to follow, but it was okay. I really enjoyed the ending. It warms my heart to know there are people like that out there.
<-- The Natzi that helped him in the movie.
One of the cover of: The Pianist.
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There's quite a few.
Comments
Well done Lyric!