FIRST TIME WATCHING: The Pianist (2002) REACTION (Movie Commentary)

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[@marlarogers9304]

It is shocking to me, that some people don't believe that this actually happened.

[@NexterZulu]

You mean the holocaust?

[@marlarogers9304]

@@NexterZulu yes.

[@NexterZulu]

@@marlarogers9304 Yeah, I don't like that it's being denied by some.

[@Elis_Gallacher]

@@marlarogers9304 Wait… so you’re telling me that it’s REAL?!?!

[@marlarogers9304]

@@Elis_Gallacher very.

[@CrocodilePile]

I have deeply conflicted thoughts about Polanski, but as a filmmaker he is a master of his craft.

[@Miller_Time]

I really think the guy was damaged

[@safespacebear]

Yep it's difficult to separate the art from the artist at times but I just try and focus on everyone else involved in the production and try and just appreciate their work

[@sensitivedogs]

Think of the life he has survived and he has gone through. There are people out there murdering and constantly molesting people for their desire for power. This is was one incident with the girl now a woman who does not have any ill feelings about it. I was once a teenager and as a young boy I wanted to be free to make decisions that most fear to make. One situation with Polanski, a man who survived horrors! And yet lost everything! The family he was born into and the family he created. So when he feared persecution he ran! We need to understand even if we don't.

[@lampad4549]

You need something else to preocupy your time.

[@lampad4549]

@@safespacebear its pretty easy when you don't see his face.

[@davidmeir9348]

The Pianist is even more harrowing than the already difficult Schindler's list. Adrian Brody 10000000000000000% deserved his Oscar. His performance was.... something else.

[@davidmeir9348]

@Elias Håkansson You are of course entitled to your opinion. I saw Schindler's list in theatre when it came out. We were almost all Jews in the crowd it was really special ❤

[@peterengelen2794]

I totally agree on that. The first time I watched it, I turned it off (after the massacre of that family having dinner), finished it the next day...

[@bkenwood88]

@Elias Håkansson For me Schindler's List gets the realism aspect, and therefore is worse, but the stories/encounters in The Pianist are just goddamn traumatizing.

[@orangewarm1]

Why more harrowing?

[@davidmeir9348]

@@orangewarm1 I can't exactly say. I guess it comes down to personal opinion.

[@Detheroc420]

You can tell when he finally plays Chopins nocturne in d minor on the piano that he's been holding that in for years

[@brody56]

You mean C sharp minor?

[@Kim-hc5si]

There is something about Adrien Brody that DEMANDS that I watch him. In any movie. I can’t take my eyes off of him. Like I might miss something if I look away.

[@jeannichols2459]

and his EYES. I swoom under that gaze!

[@smoothALOE]

He was a charming performer. It was the role of a lifetime. He fell under the spell of the Oscar jinx, but I’m sure he has no regrets.

[@xtldc]

To connect with the feeling of loss felt by this character, Adrian Brody sold his car, his home, disconnected his phone, and broke up with his girlfriend before moving to Europe for a year. Polanski was 8-12 years old during the Holocaust - his father was sent to Mauthausen and his mother to Auschwitz. Polanski survived the war hiding in the ruins of Krakow and Warsaw, much like Władysław did. He eventually found his father after the war, but his mother was killed at the camp. From Roger Ebert: by showing Szpilman as a survivor, but not a fighter or a hero - as a man who does all he can to save himself, but would have died without enormous good luck and the kindness of a few non-Jews, Polanski is reflecting his own deepest feelings - that he survived, but need not have and also that survival was not a victory when so many he loved had died. The death of Polanki’s mother in the gas chambers left a wound that had never healed and still remains so hurtful that only his own death will bring closure.

[@Anna-ej9yh]

Polański ukrywał się u Polskiej rodziny na wsi.Jego ojciec po niego wrócił.Nigdy nie ukrywał się w żadnych ruinach.

[@michaelmiller6924]

29:55 the German officer Wilm Hosenfeld then Wilm Hosenfeld saved Wladyslaw Szpilman's life, filmed in 2002 in The Pianist Wilhelm Adalbert "Wilm" Hosenfeld (born May 2, 1895 in Mackenzell near Fulda; † August 13, 1952 in Stalingrad) was a Wehrmacht officer in World War II who probably killed at least 30 Polish citizens, including several Jews, during the German occupation of Warsaw saved. Hosenfeld became known through the description in Władysław Szpilman's autobiography The Pianist - My Wonderful Survival, which was made into a film by Roman Polański (The Pianist). The Jerusalem Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem awarded Hosenfeld posthumously the honorary title Righteous Among the Nations in November 2008. It was not until 1951 that Szpilman found out the name of his helper and that he was a Soviet prisoner of war. He tried to save him, but Hosenfeld died on August 13, 1952 at the age of 57 in the Stalingrad POW camp. In January 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets. Truthfully, he stated that the sports department he ran was organizationally subordinate to Department Ic. This information was his undoing, because in addition to the troop support, this department also performed intelligence tasks. In order to obtain information about his alleged secret service activities from Hosenfeld, he was subjected to "strict interrogation" in the Minsk remand prison. After six months of torture and solitary confinement, he was a broken man. He suffered the first stroke. In 1950 he was sentenced to 25 years of forced labor as a war criminal without proof of any offense. Several times he tried in vain to be extradited to Poland. Despite the intercession of those he rescued, Hosenfeld was not released. Paralyzed on one side and desperate, he died on August 13, 1952 at the age of 57 in the Stalingrad prisoner-of-war camp of internal bleeding, probably caused by mistreatment. Szpilman did not find out the name of his helper until 1950. In 1957 he visited Hosenfeld's widow in Thalau and told her that her husband had saved him the Protestant-pacifist way of thinking of Wilm Hosenfeld The Leuphana University of Lüneburg has awarded the Hosenfeld / Szpilman Memorial Prize annually since 2005. Musicological examinations, research work from the cultural and human sciences and studies from an educational perspective can be submitted. In October 2007, Hosenfeld was posthumously honored by the Polish President Lech Kaczyński for the rescue of Polish citizens with the order of Polonia Restituta (Commander). In October 2008, a square in the Kassel district of Biebergemünd was named after Wilm Hosenfeld. The Jerusalem Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem named Hosenfeld posthumously on November 25, 2008 as Righteous Among the Nations. The appointment of the former Wehrmacht officer was made at the request of Władysław Szpilman in 1998 and after years of efforts by his son Andrzej Szpilman. This was preceded by intensive research on the part of the memorial, which ensured that Hosenfeld had not been involved in any war crimes. Wilm Hosenfeld's birthplace in Mackenzell was named Wilm-Hosenfeld-Haus on March 11, 2011. On February 25, 2018, a memorial stone was inaugurated at the Thalau elementary school. It pays tribute to Hosenfeld's work and is a reminder and reminder for future generations.

[@sammalla5238]

The Piano scene is one of my favorite movie moments of all times. Both Brody and the actor who played the German officer killed it with their acting & expressions. After witnessing the deaths of so many people at the hands of others, Hosenfeld listening intently to every note that Spzilman played perfectly allowed him to regain that piece of humanity he had probably lost or forgotten about in the Horrors of War.

[@artgallery7376]

If you watched this movie - youre a great human. GOD bless you.

[@MultiMiasma]

Hosenfeld had never lost or forgotten his humanity since he not only helped Szpilman but also 20 others jews and polish citizens during the war to survive. He was a good person and a man of honor.

[@jillfromatlanta427]

Thomas Kretzmann played the officer. His facial expression alters as he realizes the guy really IS a magnificent pianist!!! Great scene with little dialogue

[@jillfromatlanta427]

Kretschmann

[@jillfromatlanta427]

Kretschmann

[@thunderstruck5484]

This film made me a Brody fan he’s so good, that wheelchair scene was brutal! Thanks again

[@smoothALOE]

I still have great difficulty getting through that scene, after all these years. I’m sure things like that happened all the time, too.

[@joshtt3240]

29:33 this scene always warms my heart to think despite of all the horrible things hitler did there was one decent person who saw this human being in front of him playing this beautiful music and chose to show him mercy, it really resonates to me a fight between good and evil in all of us.

[@danemon8423]

well in reality this german officer saved many jews and polsih who were supposed to get executed

[@Dagoth_Ur_1]

There were many Germans like his, and many Russians who hated Stalin's brutality. Just normal people in a war.

[@TarasTarot]

The crazy thing is that no matter how bad things got…they kept getting WORSE! Unimaginable.

[@howardweinstein1324]

I was very happy he won the best actor for his great performance in this true story. Well earned!

[@flutesong5527]

The Kapos were the Jews appointed to oversee and keep the other Jews following the rules. They were hated because they were seen as collaborating with the Nazis. The Jews had underground fighters who were called Partisans and they did make inroads against the Nazis and others aligned with the Nazis. Most of the music played in this movie is Chopin, who was a Polish Composer. Right now in Eastern Europe, once again, horrific and unconscionable atrocities are being committed because a madman has unleased his hate.

[@MetalDetroit]

In Viktor Frankl’s book: Man’s search meaning, he described the Kapo guards as being far worse than the German guards. Mainly because they tried to be sadistic to stay on the good side of the Nazis.

[@JedEdwards-wl7vr]

The kapos were the Zionist jews

[@auroramadariaga4081]

This movie broke my heart in thousand pieces. He is an artist, an artist in the middle of the war. He doesn't know how to kill another human being, he has the hands of a pianist and the heart of one too. So it was heart wrenching to see such sensitive soul exposed to this level of danger and trauma. It is truly soul crushing to watch. I love your reactions, btw! I've been watching a few of your videos and I really like how insightful you are with your comments. You don't react to the camera like many do, but really get invested in the stories, and that's what's all about. Btw, in case you want to hear the entire piece that Władysław played to the German officer, this is it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKfXlZ1_fsiajbM

[@SeeliaVachon]

The first time I watched this movie, my anxiety drove me nuts. I couldn't control my heart rate, my body shook from fear for everyone in the movie, and it stayed with me for a long time. I still can't watch certain scenes to this day. And to this day, I still can't understand how the whole world allowed Hitler to get that big.

[@harrycowleshc]

A line in this film works, "everyone wants to prove they're better Nazis than Hitler"

[@ulricaandrae4381]

This film is heartbreaking. Schindler’s List were shown for all the junior high classes in my town when it came out. Haven’t seen it since then, couldn’t bear it.

[@katec8796]

The definitive holocaust film for me. It seers right through the soul and Adrien Brody was magnificent

[@ShellysAshes]

Agree. I saw this many times before ever seeing Schindler's List. I feel this movie was far better.

[@katec8796]

@@ShellysAshes Yeah while I can still appreciate Schindler's list for the haunting cinematography I just feel more connected to seeing a family go though it rather then someone witnessing it maybe? IDK The Pianist just felt more personal and direct.

[@caralayne503]

This is an amazing film! Polanski was there during wartime, & got rights to making this, having known Szpilman’s story. U hit on a good point, of it being the view point of a European. I highly suggest JoJo Rabbit. It’s also a child’s eye view of aspiring to be a nazi with Hitler as his imaginary friend. Incredible, funny, & profound. Loved your reaction 🖤💁🏻‍♀️🙂!

[@Miller_Time]

Polanski is also a rapist

[@artgallery7376]

If you watched this movie - youre a great human. GOD bless you.

[@lilaccilla]

JO JO RABBIT is excellent !

[@Sara-hhhh]

I recently rewatched this film due to everything that’s going on and it’s so moving. Adrien Brody definitely deserved that Oscar. Such an important film.

[@larrote6467]

if you really care then i urge you to start boycotting almost every nato product and company you can: sincerely from somebody that lives in one of these countries that have been exploited for more than a century by the hypocritical powers that are now using the conflict in ukraine to justify more of their bs.

[@tracyfrazier7440]

@@larrote6467 I’m not sure what you are saying here. Poland is a NATO country. Do you think NATO should go to war against Russia?

[@Sara-hhhh]

@@larrote6467 the fuck are you talking about

[@larrote6467]

​@@tracyfrazier7440 I'm saying that the original nato countries and some of the non-aligned like switzerland and luxemburg are a bunch of hypocrites that finance their comfortable lives through the exploitation of natural resources and people on other countries whilst allowing corrupt politicians and mafias to launder their dirty money through their banks (ireland being another big one here). Do you think canadians (just an example) that own around 45% of mexican mines care about the environment and ethnicities in mexico? They have destroyed several natural monuments with their open pit mines and cancer rates have skyrocketed in these small towns... This shit has been going on for decades, almost more than a century in some places, but since they ain't white europeans nobody cares nato is another evil empire that likes to pretend... the slavic and baltic countries (among others behind the iron curtain) are only being used for nato's imperalism and neocolonialsm

[@tracyfrazier7440]

@@larrote6467 I think, World over, it is a rare company indeed that cares about anything except making more money. They don’t have to do anything illegal to exploit us and the resources in the countries we live in. It is called unchecked capitalism, and it will not end until citizens and voters demand the necessary checks and balances. But the “people” don’t make those demands, because they think they can play the system and come out on top, and don’t care who or what they destroy.

[@seangriffin2053]

You think Schindler's List is rough, well... And the man who helped Szpilman was Wilhelm Hosenfeld. He rescued and provided shelter for him and several Polish people, including Jews, during the Nazi occupation of Poland. I think another you might enjoy is Defiance, starring Daniel Craig.

[@seppegielen2946]

La Vita e Bella (Life is beutiful) should be next

[@simonbar-el4094]

👍🇮🇱

[@martinbraun1211]

I highly recommend DOWNFALL (2004)!

[@voidwraithprime8521]

These are the movies that need watched atm

[@theman4884]

Mr. Jones (2019) Animal Farm (1954) 2081 (2009) The Lives of Others (2006) Soylent Green (1973) Idiocracy (2006) Harrison Bergeron (1995) Johnny Tremain (1957)

[@sethgeeko867]

You should review (Come and See) it's pretty depressing but I think one of the best WW2 movies out there it's a hard watch at times

[@indridcold3762]

Was just about to comment on this movie. Amazing and disturbing.

[@theman4884]

In honor of St. Patrick's Day you should review The Boondock Saints (1999).

[@c4ns3r53]

Remember that the Soviet Union and the Nazis allied to destroy Poland.

[@jeffreydavid6794]

This is one of my favorites. I'm a pianist. I cried in the theater.

[@peterschmidt4348]

Please watch "Valkyrie" from 2008. True Story!

[@orangewarm1]

Body gave away all his possessions before shooting to get into character. Watch some more of this director's films. And watch an interview with him if you want yo go deep.

[@mxame01]

one of my all time favorite movies. just amazing

[@davegnarlsson4344]

Now, think about how bad it really was. Movies never show the extent of the horror.

[@bradgeorge4018]

I have followed a lot of other reactors and always recommend this movie. They just won’t watch it. I was so happy and impressed that you chose this. Such a powerful movie.

[@debbieaguilar5498]

What always amazes me is that Warsaw was almost completely destroy, but the polish decided to reconstruct it after the war. That’s determination!

[@postmastersgt1670]

Hitler had said prior to there defeat that if the Germans were to lose the war then two things would come of it the first being a Jew free Europe and the second being the complete destruction of Poland as it would not exist as a country anymore.

[@debbieaguilar5498]

@@postmastersgt1670 Well, he would be raging mad to see it now...

[@postmastersgt1670]

@@debbieaguilar5498 yeah you right poland us in alot better shape then Germany is in 2022.

[@PhenoM7787]

really sad to see my country in that state.. i seen this movie many years ago but i didnt understand it in its entirety.. it breaks my heart

[@alanrickles9285]

You should really check into the movie Life is beautiful. It is a Italian movie but it dives into the subject of the Holocaust and a light-hearted way that will still make you smile at the end. It's a comedy done about a very dark subject and the way that the movie is made is fantastic. Probably my favorite movie of all time

[@isabelsilva62023]

Yes it is a great film but it is Italian.

[@alanrickles9285]

@@isabelsilva62023 Oops, my bad. It's so far from french, I don't know why I said that. Lol, thanks for correcting me

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

This movie, as well as Brody, are super underrated. To many didn't get the deepness of this movie. I can't recall if it won an Oscar or not.

[@xtldc]

It won Oscars for Best Director (Polanski), Best Actor (Brody), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Harwood) - it was also nominated for Best Picture, Cinematography, Costume Design, and Editing. Among the awards it received outside the US were BAFTAs for Best Film and Best Director and the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

[@danielstengards]

Was some drama in my family in the 40s my grandfather was a high ranking german officer and my grandmother a swedish girl. So she left Germany too get back home

[@slowerthinker]

An incredible film. However, not one i really want to watch again, so forgive me for skipping straight to your thoughts at the end.

[@sensitivedogs]

Wonderful reaction. This is a true story, so it all happened. And the director Polanski as a young boy, survived the holocaust and the camps but lost all his family, except for his father, if I remember correctly. Also years later The Charles Manson gang, killed his friends and his wife who was pregnant at the time. Polanski is a survivor and he was traumatized, I'm sure. The movie was made by a survivor. Here is my review 2002 - THE PIANIST* (directed by Roman Polanski) Roman Polanski always had a strong sense of environment in his films you could not mistake them for anyone else’s. In ‘The Pianist’ he dominates the world with an ‘in your face’ reality without trying as hard as most modern filmmakers. He accomplishes this feat with a suddenness of life’s welcome and very unwelcome surprises as we become horrified witnesses in a story of a pianist who manages to escape the camps of the holocaust but not escape the horror of inhumanity and deep loneliness. He uses subtle yet effective editing to further the story to its’ inevitable conclusion.

[@mythgreatbritain]

Is that what turned him into a paedophile?

[@MsTeaRex]

OMG. That guy said be as quiet as possible and what does he do was just down start playing the piano!! 😮

[@gmunden1]

I was fortunate that my school was excellent in teaching us history and the horrors of the Holocaust and war. I spent hours in the public library reading about these events. It's too bad your educational experience was lacking and you are just learning about this now. I hope this film helps but books are another valuable source.

[@annakozlinska7059]

I'm polish and my great-grandpa was the one who joined the Warsaw Uprising and I'm so proud of him,that's the first thing. Second thing,whatever polish people found were pieces of metal,irons and such to make the ammos and the weapons of out them to fight against Nazis,just like in Warsaw Uprising...

[@danielkinn782]

I know it's a mini series but since you've seen Saving Private Ryan, Schindlers List and this movie...I really think you should watch Band Of Brothers. Alot of other channels have reacted to it so it's nothing groundbreaking for KZbin but I think you as a person would really benefit from it. It's a master class in how it was made.

[@andrewdeen1]

you should watch 'Katyn' for another top tier film in this genre.. not about the holocaust but about the soviet occupation on the other side of poland.

[@jmsaucedo]

He's a survivor

[@jmsaucedo]

I recently saw Schindler's list, saving privet ryan and this movie, but I think this is the best

[@ScarlettM]

"Downfall" if you want to look at the other side of WW2.

[@FreeKanal]

That kid that was beaten to death was smugling food into the getto crawling under the wall. Love from Poland

[@bambina5604]

Those people shooting at him were not "his own", they were Soviets.

[@cristycoronado1279]

I don’t cry easy, this movie makes me cry.

[@Cbcw76]

Taking friends to see this on the Big Screen yielded a stronger impact simply because home-entertainment can allow easy distraction.

[@Cbcw76]

I don't know if I can recommend SOPHIE'S CHOICE because it too is an 'educational piece' about Germany as Adolf plunged it into WWII. This is a HARD HARD film. I don't call this a 'crying towel' film... more like a screaming-towel film.

[@ela7442]

September 9, 1941 - the issue of the so-called Jewish Codex all the rules are written there ... It is forbidden to enter into a marriage between a Jew and a Gentile and between a Jew and a Jewish mixed [§ 2]. or A Jew cannot be: a) notary public (notarial curriculum), b) lawyers (lawyers' syllabus), (c) a civil engineer. or Jews are excluded from any studies at all schools and training institutes, Jews cannot obtain the right to fish. and many more... .

[@jocelynastheart2732]

A little side sad note! Roman Polanski that directed this film , there is a scene when they put everyone in the train with a pregnant woman yelling, that was reference to his dead Wife sharon tate that was murdered by the manson family! she was also pregnant.

[@peterengelen2794]

Adrien Brody is also amazing (as is John Leguizamo) in Spike Lee's ''Summer of Sam'' (1999).

[@theConquerersMama]

You wondering if they made up the law/rule on the spot. It felt like that arbitrary but the laws were so bizarre and restrictive down to how much space a Jew could take up on a sidewalk even. Some were sweeping - like when they declared no more school, Jews could not go to movies, museums, parks, pools, basically be out in public for anything other than work. Can't own property or businesses though Some were more local and arbitrary. Jews could not wear certain hats or dress in traditional "German" clothes. Depending on the area some were even cited for what fabric they had on. It was madness.

[@Kavala76]

Recommended: "Das Boot" - my favourite WW2 film. German made and from the German perspective.

[@jeannichols2459]

I'm a baby boomer close to 70 now, and I don't think your generation is taught the holocaust with as much intensity as we were. Most of our fathers all fought in WWII and the war was still fresh to them. all the boys in the neighborhood and my brothers use to play army all day throughout the neighborhood wearing their fathers combat helmets, vests, and using their canteens. pulling the pins of toy grenades and lobing them over fences. Our parents wanted desperately to teach their children to assure nothing like it would happen again. Education has changed so much and many important things were lost along the way. By all means watch these movies because I promise you all the horrific things you see, actually happened. And I've noticed how many of the younger generation is appalled and says things like why couldn't we all just get along and love one another. There was NO getting along with the Nazis. They were ruthless and are responsible for killing not just six million jews, but all the brave men who fought against them, the unknown resistance fighters murdered in basements and hideouts, the innocent civilians tortured to death to get them to talk, the mentally ill, physically disabled, homosexuals almost wiped out in Europe. There is no excuse for you now that you are beginning to see, not to dive into history documentaries and learn. With understanding comes wisedom. God bless.

[@CheesiestCheesehead]

I’ve watched this movie multiple times 👍🏾 great movie but again can I recommend “rosewood” true story about a black massacre in Florida. Excellent cast too

[@shainewhite2781]

Nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture but won for: Best Director Best Actor Best Adapted Screenplay.

[@rodgomez4424]

15:14 learned helplessness is the psychological term

[@ukaszjanowski2183]

80 years have passed and nothing changed. Still the same senseless evil. People are still... people

[@jillfromatlanta427]

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.....will break your heart...

[@ayaNjah]

Sophie's Choice

[@1MahaDas]

As his uniform denoted, Hosenfeld was regular German Army. The German Army (Wermacht), were rarely if ever used to commit atrocities. Had Hosenfeld been wearing an SS uniform that final scene would likely have been horrifyingly different!

[@postmastersgt1670]

Thats one of the biggest lies ever told the Wehrmacht was jus as much involved in killing civilians and Jews alike. Dont jus pass the buck to the SS

[@1MahaDas]

@@postmastersgt1670 ​ I didn't say that the SS were exclusively used in atrocities. And you probably think that US soldiers were innocent too right? Carry on Sgt!

[@TK______]

You're wrong. Look up the book by Omer Bartov about the Wermacht. Then read about the museum exhibit in Germany about the Wermacht assisting the SS to kill Jews 500,000 Germans went to the exhibit.

[@1MahaDas]

@@TK______ I never said that the Wermacht were NEVER used to commit atrocities. I said that they were RARELY used! Down Karen, down!

[@TK______]

@@1MahaDas also incorrect. Either you want to look more into this, or you don't. Stay willfully ignorant, it's your right

[@elizabethtrainer9732]

I don't know if you've reacted to The Uprising yet, but that's what is happening at 19:50. It's a fantastic film about the Jewish people fighting back...like hell!

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hope you have an great and awesome weekend. Much ❤ as always

[@mr.destroyer3225]

shout out to the German officer he was a real one

[@kotoal]

Great movie ! If I could say, you should see "Life is beautiful" wich is a must to see too. Same subject matter but different angle.

[@surferles589]

Polanski is a great director. You can understand why Jews wanted their own land. WW2 was the end of hundreds of years of racism towards them throughout Europe

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

That german captain hosenfeld had also helped others. Unfortunately he died in the labor camp. A clear difference between whermacht and SS. One was politically attached. The other is just regular army.

[@danemon8423]

some people in the wermacht were as bad as the ss tho

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

@@danemon8423 but mostly ss were bad

[@deborahzuchero7348]

The series Band of Brothers is 🔥🔥🔥 true story ❤️

[@jillfromatlanta427]

You went thru Episode 4 of Band of Brothers - and just stopped!!!!!!!! Why, why, why?????

[@kennymonty8206]

we are almost to the point again.

[@HandroXYT]

IMO, The 'i am cold' scene is the coldest scene in this movie

[@andywilson5677]

If you interested in another Holocaust movie then I recommend Son of Saul, not a lot of people have heard of it but it's really great. It's basically following one guy as he goes through a concentration camp (lots of handheld stuff like Children of Men). It really made it feel real for me.

[@theman4884]

Mr. Jones (2019)

[@hamzah5643]

as a movie, this is gut wrenching and hard to watch, imagine countless people in real life that actually went through it

[@Noicul]

If ya haven't yet look into Amistad. Deep movie.

[@ferrisulf]

It was dangerous to refuse to serve in the German army. Not only for yourself but for your family. A lot of us want to believe we would be the outspoken fighters who would risk it all. But most people are not. Many would be too afraid and do nothing. Hosenfeld chose a different route of using his position as a Nazi to save at least 20 Jews (that we know of). It was a big risk. It would have meant his and probably his loved ones' deaths if he was ever caught doing so. I'm not sure I would have been outspoken and ready to outright fight. I hope I would have. At any rate, I hope I would at least have had the convictions that Hosenfeld had to do what I could with whatever opportunities were presented to me.

[@illasbonez1708]

AMAZING movie! Love it bro!

[@Esta-Beed]

Astonishing film

[@proosee]

The screenplay and directory did really great job with all those bestiality scenes if you were terrified seeing Wehrmacht boots in the scene with the can. After this scene you can also understand how Poles were feeling seeing someone in german army coat... And yeah, Hitler gave an order to destroy the city in revenge for Warsaw Uprising (about 30% of the city was burned down during that period, adding to total of 65% of the city destroyed during the war), so those scenes showing debris in wide shot is not without context, especially when you compare it with Szpilman's beloved Warsaw from before the war showed in intro.

[@TheJansson96]

I love to see your reactions to history as foul as this. And actually beginning to understand how bad it was for the Jewish people. I urge you to watch "The boy in the striped pyjamas”

[@WiseGuy5674]

Now pivot from this subject, but stay in the time period and check out “Enemy at the Gates”

[@agenttheater5]

34:00 Made me laugh out of happiness

[@sthor7748]

Polanski will forever be a disgusting pos, but this movie was so perfectly directed and will always remain one of my favorites.

[@artgallery7376]

If you watched this movie - youre a great human. GOD bless you.

[@brianellinger6622]

Because they know what the trash thieves did. . It wasn't me I never knew them

[@Hannah_7777]

Please watch "Denial" of Deborah Lippstadt. Also based on true story.

[@briez9648]

5:06 it was a rule for OUR ancestors... Not so far fetched

[@arielg7000]

lovey and sad

[@UBubba98]

You should check out Defiance. Its a true story about 4 Jewish brothers that lead a successful Jewish resistance in belarus during ww2.

[@pulkmees]

Son of Saul should be on that Holocaust movie list.

[@cwdkidman2266]

This was the Holocaust. No Schindler came to save him. Things just kept getting worse. As in real life. The German officer was human and kept his humanity. As did Spiel Ann. No phony heroics. Just surviving was heroic enough. The Holocaust guides all Polanski films. In them you never think things could get worse. But they do. They get worse and worse until they don't. Roman Polanski may be the best director from the 1960s on. Only Antonioni and Eastwood are even close.. From Rosemary's Baby on. Really from Repulsion in 1966 on.

[@kennymonty8206]

The area they walled in was called the Ghetto. It's a word we have used again in more modern times. Shame on everyone.

[@anacrobat89]

The German "soldier" at the end was a higher rank officer and he did save the Pianist's life.

[@playerx2315]

a movie recommendation “train de vie”its pretty great

[@masonellis9075]

You should check out this awesome movie Jumper

[@ScarlettM]

"Life is Beautiful" if you want to see an actual comedy based on WW2 (I know how it sounds, but it's a beautiful movie). "Grey Zone" - underrated movie about Jewish prisoners in the camps that worked on getting other Jews into the extermination rooms. They had 4 months of "great" and privileged life - then death. Movie is based on real events.

[@jordanmalecki2006]

Watch Defiance next!

[@sametucar9544]

👍👍

[@dr9948]

Defiance is good movie if your looking for another movie that takes place in ww2