The Pianist (2002) REACTION

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[@daz_n]

None of Szpilman's family survived. He did not know the name of the German officer until 1951. Despite the efforts of Szpilman and the Poles to rescue him, Hosenfeld died in a Soviet prisoner of war camp in 1952.

[@alexstark7620]

Ironic. Israel is now doing the same with people in Palestine.

[@FabioHenrique-ff6gx]

​@@alexstark7620 Israel and Nazis? What kind person R you?

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

@@alexstark7620Trust me dude, if Israel was like the Nazis we wouldn’t see a increase in Palestinian population. Israel is nothing like them. Not saying their perfect (kinda stupid to set up settlements) but they are way better. Oh btw a lot of Arabs were Nazi collaborators.

[@borisborence2687]

​@@alexstark7620of course you ignore the movie and focus on irrelevant stupid political crap

[@alexstark7620]

@@FabioHenrique-ff6gx Israel is comitting the same thing that Nazis did in Poland back in WW2.

[@jiovanna4136]

Adrian Brody was extraordinary in this master piece of a movie. Adrian Brody won a Oscar for best actor for this movie in 2003.

[@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289]

Wow, that Oscar was well deserved! It's easily one of Adrian Brody's best films.

[@Buckley314]

Szpilman found the the Russian prison where the German soldier was being held and tried to have him be released for saving him. He wasn't able to free him but was able to meet the German soldier family and tell his wife and children he was a great man who saved Szpilman's life.

[@thejamppa]

This film was essential to get Wilm Hosenfield( the german officer ) named in Rightous Among the Nations.

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

He even went to the Polish Secret police for help but to no avail, Szpilman had theorized they could have helped him but they gave him some BS excuse. If only Hosenfeld had been captured by the Allies.

[@danemon8423]

@@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459 i mean so many people who hadn't done anything terrible died in soviet prisons especially young german who were drafted at the end of the war

[@randymuaythai492]

How do you know? Are you German? Are you related? If you are, let me tell you something. He is a traitor rat.

[@jaymichaelruss6872]

Glad I’m not the only person who thinks the Russians as monsters for not recognizing that most Germans they captured and allowed to die in gulags were victims of the Nazi party just like everyone else. It’s like they refused to acknowledge that the Nazi SS would kill Germans who refused to fight for them. And now, the Russians are at it again being monsters in Ukraine.

[@DisgruntledHippo]

Not enough people react to this film. Still gets me every time.

[@symondo5883]

This film is the reason I learnt piano!

[@dzc2805]

I just watch like 6 reactions of it ... Just 6

[@JspekRex]

One of the best of all time. In my top 5

[@bobbybingle1662]

Probably because most of these type of reaction channels all copy each other. Fact.

[@kristinaant9747]

Hello people in Ukraine basically live this today

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

The German officer who helped Władysław Szpilman is Captain Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld (2 May 1895 - 13 August 1952). He helped hide several Polish people, including Jews, in Nazi-German occupied Poland. He was taken prisoner by the Red Army and died in Soviet captivity in 1952. In October 2007, Hosenfeld was posthumously honoured by the president of Poland Lech Kaczyński with a Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In June 2009, Hosenfeld was posthumously recognized in Yad Vashem (Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust) as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.

[@mbnqpl]

...and then russians killed our President, Profesor Lech Kaczyński, his wife and many other great people.

[@IanJenn356094]

I remember watching this a long long time ago. It is still one of the most powerful stories of survival that I have ever seen. It still brings back vivid emotions.

[@nicolafenu571]

The true story of the Polish Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, who escaped deportation to the concentration camps by remaining in the Warsaw ghetto during the Nazi occupation. Nice film

[@christianhernanalancamaren1582]

07:42 when I saw that movie in the theater more than one screamed the same way, that scene makes your blood run cold because of how raw it is. This movie is literally Polanski's childhood. All the awards he won were more than deserved, including the Oscar for Roman himself. Beautiful reaction, girls.

[@Aa-yn3bi]

All true but don’t forget Roman is a horrible person

[@lilchewy6477]

@@Aa-yn3bihe can direct tho

[@alexstark7620]

I know about a friend who laughted in the cinema in that part lol. He was 15 years old and later he was thinking about it and believing he was going to hell for that.

[@michaelmiller6924]

31:11 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.

[@lethaldose2000]

This movie was so brutal, especially when the child-stealing food is near beaten to death with his eyes rolled back in his head. I myself play piano and to see the heights from which Szlenski starts to where he falls is just heartbreaking and soul-crushing, all in his bid for survival.

[@hithere2471]

He wasn’t actually beaten, he was actually stomped on on his spine which broke it and killed him

[@ronbock8291]

Polanski was uniquely qualified to tell this story, as he experienced it first hand as a young orphaned boy.

[@grichard1585]

There's a 3 part documentary about the making of this film...pretty amazing. Here's part one... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJfSoYh7nr9mZ6s

[@Vassarras]

What makes this channel awesome is Ellie's insane level of empathy!

[@javix2013]

Where is their accent from ?

[@theonewhoistornapart2506]

@@javix2013 Bulgarian.

[@redviper6805]

There are some very moving diary excerpts by the German officer who helped Szpilman at the end of the book the movie is based on. Tears may come if you read it

[@sangreantigua9452]

A bueno, y los nazis que llegaron a USA??

[@samsakharia3382]

This is one of the best war movies made....and how the human spirit and with hope can survive at time of conflict and war...great cast and a great reaction from both of you.....and I love the dogs....thanks for the great work you guys do...love from Arizona.

[@oscarmelgar7379]

yes, are you see Grave of the Fireflies?

[@lethaldose2000]

The last 20 minutes of the movie, is just another level of physical acting. Brody's mouth is twisted, representing Jundis, he shows what hunger can get to. So few experience such a suffering or wish to. This on such another level of representing human despair. I've only seen from a few great like Daniel Day-Lewis, Brando, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino.

[@nickthepeasant]

Can't believe it's been 20 years since I first saw this and cried my eyes out (the boy being beaten to death crawling under the wall still makes my blood boil). Never forget - shalom.

[@piotrswat169]

yeah wish there was a movie about the Jerycho genocide.Just for balance so one side cant claim victimhood for ages.

[@alexstark7620]

​@@piotrswat169Or a movie about Israel commiting genocide in Palestine

[@debbieaguilar5498]

One of my favorite movies about WWII and the book is so moving. It will give you more information about Hosenfeld, he helped a lot more people, specially polish.

[@frkk6933]

Very good and sad movie! Adrain Brody won an oscar for that.

[@lolmao500]

Fun fact : Adrian Brody, the actor, did starve for days to film those scenes and he said he had like PTSD for years after doing this movie like he really lived it...

[@lethaldose2000]

The pianist is so intense, stark, and depressing. I can only watch this when I'm in a good mood. It makes me remind myself of the saying, "life is never as good as it seems, and life is never as bad as it seems."

[@kristinaant9747]

Watch news . It's now the same depression you will get from Ukraine

[@Wojtus1291]

As for the ruthlessness and brutality of the people, I think the "Stanford Prison Experiment" is a good example. I recommend reading about it. Several films were also made based on it. He explains at least partially why normal people, with families and never harming anyone, in the face of even war, succumb to animalism and proceed to acts that they would probably condemn themselves earlier.

[@primary2630]

idk that prison experiment clearly showed the people running it were psychos, beating, stripping, raping and torturing others with no concern even after going through it themselves. Normal people simply don't do that. Psychos are psychos doesn't matter where they're born.

[@Wojtus1291]

​@@primary2630 They were ordinary people. Students psychologically tested before the experiment to exclude any disorders and checked for criminal past, so that their behavior was not dictated by experience and was spontaneous. The experiment showed that ordinary people, under the influence of their surroundings and certain events and conditions, become victims and torturers. This translates into the behavior of soldiers during wars. If there is no discipline and no good example from above, soldiers display aggression and immoral behavior. If the leadership sets a bad example for them, induces unacceptable behavior and dehumanizes people under the control of the soldiers, tragic events take place. Most of the soldiers are ordinary people with families, jobs, and normal lives. There are psychic ones who test their distortions in such conditions, but they have to hide from it. However, if the command allows cruelty or even encourages it, it starts to happen on a massive scale, like the German or Soviet army during WWII, or the Russian army now in Ukraine. The participants in the experiment were helped in the form of special therapy, and they were contacted 10 years after the experiment to see if there were any long-term effects. The creator of the experiment suggested the same therapy to soldiers and prisoners from the incident during the Second Iraqi War, where behavior similar to that in the Abu Gharib prison occurred.

[@griz6282]

"Because it's f****** cold! Are you stupid, or what?!" Great line

[@tileux]

Hosenfeld died in a soviet prisoner of war camp shortly before Szpilman managed to find out where he had been taken.

[@imperatorseba2663]

At last, I have waited a long time for this reaction. I was already looking forward to it. The Pianist is a very good and cool film about life under occupation in Poland during the Second World War. I recommend you to watch other very cool movies about the Second World War: "Katyń"(2007), "Warsaw'44"(2014), "Stones for the Rampart"(2014), "Volhynia"(2016), "In Darkness" (2011), "Tomorrow we are going to the movies/Jutro idziemy do kina"(2007), "„W” Hour"(1979), "Karol: A Man Who Became Pope"(2005). These are really valuable movies, especially the last one mentioned. This film shows that despite all the cruelty of war, you can remain human and still love another human being.

[@fredvictor752]

Excellent movie. Shows how complex can be human relations both in peace and war. And that there is always a glympse of hope. Abou the german officer who helped him, "was captain Wilm Hosenfeld, which died in soviet POW camp in 1952".

[@matespider]

Greetings from Poland. Those were times huh? Glad my grandparents survived the w. Main character name was Władysław Szpilman. 13:30 kartofel = potato in polish ^.^

[@rx7dude2006]

And this kind of atrocity is going on as we speak to innocent people.

[@jtt6650]

I love your reaction when he was wearing the German officer’s coat and they thought he was the enemy. 🤣

[@UltraHD.7]

Yes, this was possible, and it was actually not that long ago. Heck, it´s happening still today in the world. And that is why movies like this are so important, that we must never forget. And fight it when we encounter it wherever we can.

[@parker469a]

What I don't understand is how peaceful they are in these movies. There's no reason not to go down swinging and by swinging I mean stabbing them in the neck with anything you can sharpen. Personally, I would rather go out like Spike Spiegel so this silent resistance is baffling to me. You can say they'd retaliate but what difference does it make if they are just going to kill them one by one any eventually.

[@a-manwhorememains334]

​@parker469a if you aren't in that situation, then don't attempt to speak on it like that. Same can be said for all demonic stuff that happened. So stop thinking that you would be on some super hero shit it boggles my mind you are not a main character.

[@NanuqEditzS]

The fact that is film is based on a true story makes some scenes even scarier. *Jeszcze 🇵🇱Polska🇵🇱 nie zginęła puki my żyjemy!*

[@thomassmart4088]

no movie makes me more appreciate food like this

[@satoncho]

The best war drama since Schindler's List.

[@murdoc1722]

this is one of my favorite movies, it's good that they brought it to the channel

[@johnmiwa6256]

I've watched this movie dozens of times. Thank you for doing this.

[@CarlosPavia]

Hello The Homies! I'm Charles, a guy from Cancun, Mexico. I already watched some of your reactions, and i found them charming, enjoyful and hillarious. I recommend this 1992 movie, "Scent of a woman" with Al Pacino and Chris O'Donnell. I think there are movies that are really worth it, that leave you a message and subconsciously help you at some stage of your life, and this is one of them. I also love the fact that you girls have dogs and collaborate from time to time with your subscribers. You are authentic and fantastic girls, and for me it is an honor to meet you even if it is online or social environment. ¡Viva The Hommies! Greetings from Mexico!

[@gazlator]

Top marks to Ellie & Mish for giving their full emotions & attention to another tough, heart-wrenching film; expanding their insight into the war from a different perspective, and both deeply moved by Wladislaw’s long ordeal.

[@ellygoffin4200]

Another great but mostly unknown movie is the Gray Zone. Very powerful. Tissues necessary.

[@joelvadas8369]

No entiendo inglés pero buena reacción, está película me encanta por todas las emociones que te hace sentir. Saludos.

[@MrTilllindemann]

Your reactions are awesome and pure, and Ellie's are unique

[@H.M.KingGeorge]

At the end of 1944, Szpielman was the last survior in the city of Warsaw

[@nicolafenu571]

I recommend that you watch the film "Im Labyrinth Des Schweigens" by director Giulio Ricciarelli with the actor Alexander Fehling on the subject of the Holocaust.

[@carlosantonio7693]

Thank you for reacting to this beautiful film girls, not many people do, I love you so much

[@davegnarlsson4344]

Desperation, promises to bring back prosperity, blaming of a certain group for their troubles, lies told thousands of times until they become like truth.

[@ryangiles5174]

Adrian Brody is a good actor, especially the movie king kong remake for 2005 including the actress Naomi watts and actor Jack black

[@rocksjoshua]

This is just the story of one man and his journey to survive and evade genocide, tens of thousands, maybe millions share a similar story, the struggle just to survive, the wait for the war to end and Germans to be defeated felt endless. This is a beautiful film and even better story.

[@kathyjones3940]

The guy that plays Itzak Heller ( Roy Smiles) who saves Wladyslaw Szpilman ( Adrien Brody) is a really good friend of mine! This is such a heartbreaking yet beautiful movie!!

[@cjhere2224]

Geez, do I have a crazy story, I have relatives on both sides of this war. One side is german pride of not what they did but how proficient how they did.

[@nillynush4899]

Didn't the director get arrested? I wonder what for in hollywood......

[@wallclock4648]

friend: ayo lemme get a piece me: 9:30

[@haraldisdead]

"Hyey, guys!"

[@MrMerc-um1de]

Beautiful genuine reaction ❤

[@brunomeza]

This movie for me was so difficult to watch, at the moment of seeing it I understand how hard and indescribable the second world war was, still it's a good movie

[@gzb4l421]

this movie is great... i watched it when it launched and here once again... great reaction btw...

[@jackfrost901]

Warsaw Uprising 1944 🇵🇱"Because we do not beg for freedom,we fight for it "❤️

[@jayf6360]

Listen to The Pianist using one ear, and one ear only. Wow.

[@Yesnog05]

Love your reaction! Please look into seeing Letters from Iwo Jima!

[@TheGriffinjr9]

This is one of my all time favorite movies and i enjoyed your reaction. it's hard to get people to watch this one.

[@neilldebruyn1190]

Great film, haven't seen many reactions... Adrien Brody is also in another war film called The Thin Red Line, which I also haven't seen many people react to. It's a fantastic film and you guys should really consider reacting to it. Best WW2 film ever in my opinion.

[@brucemason1901]

Group reaction requests: The THING, BLADE and Edge of Tomorrow.

[@mercaptoetanol]

Soy español pero me encantan las reacciones de ellie

[@lifeisyours8250]

A reminder of how easily and quickly a group of people within society can be crushed.... remember that.

[@npenta551]

That is one chunky pikachu

[@paoloruberto1277]

Adoro i vostri reaction vi amo vi adoro from italy

[@mikezaid3219]

Finland & Sweden you are no longer alone!

[@rubickaitshur7444]

U should watch " come and see" it's so historial.

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

There was even one incident where a gestapo grabbed a baby from it's mother's arms, threw the baby in the air and bayonetted the baby as it came down.

[@primary2630]

that sounds more like japanese war crimes but im sure it did happen.

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

@@primary2630 probably in every war. But more frequently in WWII

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

War is hell

[@toddkindron8506]

German officer offered to the prisoners "you could vote someone to go into town for food and make good business from the things you don't eat". Kind of a dick move when you're starving people.

[@davidhiscock4529]

I think the dogs should have their own reaction videos. All dogs go to heaven, milo and Otis, cats vs dogs, the air Bud series. It is an untapped market.

[@greetingsesteemedfiends2881]

My dog, sammy, *loved* _ferris bueller's day off_ . If i had a brain in my head, i would've recorded him watching it.

[@elizandropedraza1286]

One the best world war 2 drama movie ever made ! 😒🇺🇸🇲🇽🇮🇹

[@benschultz1784]

Warsawo walcz! The story of Władyšlawo Szpilman is that of the best and worst of humanity

[@Waterford1992]

18:14 Ellie is not the brightest is she lol. Those are Jews rebelling against the NAZIs (1943 Jewish Uprising in Warsaw)

[@Bryan-fb8dh]

In my top 10.

[@jerryknuckles736]

They're called atrocities for a reason. A very fitting reason and a very fitting word. Made me throw up when I saw this wheelchair scene. My parents made me watch this whole movie when I was 13. They said it was the most accurate, yet tame enough portrayal of the atrocities committed. They said all of what really happened could never be shown and would be a decade long film of disgusting, stomach turning murder.

[@Tonyblack261]

If the bad guys are persecution someone else, at least they aren't persecuting you. Even the Jews who were working for the Germans realised that they might become the next target.

[@greetingsesteemedfiends2881]

First they came for the socialists, and i did not speak out- because i was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and i did not speak out- because i was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the jews, and i did not speak out- because i was not a jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me. -martin niemöller

[@puramusicabuenaestebanz.h5230]

First time watching american psycho good movie 👌

[@sandorvincze9771]

You must see The Boy in the striped pyjamas (2008) movie. It's too very great.

[@jrprince6951]

I like when she's crys but you should watch dance's with wolfs

[@Ailsworth]

The Red Violin

[@timroebuck3458]

Playing music is largely repetition from many hours of practicing and countless performances. After awhile, it becomes deeply embedded in your memory.

[@jerkinmcdikus6603]

You know Bulgaria joined the Axis powers

[@jimmysmith5418]

No, no they didn’t.

[@jimmysmith5418]

They were forced to joining the axis powers, they had no choice Germany says join us or be invaded by us and we will make you join us. The same thing went for all of the other eastern European nations like Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina Ukraine but not Russia.

[@montanus777]

@@jimmysmith5418 the soviet union, turkey and greece also wanted to force them to join their side. but they chose the german side.

[@lauragrace3270]

I already know they watched this movie before

[@jimmysmith5418]

Thanks Homies, I just really wanted to thank you for reacting more war themed films I love it when you do, and when you see how young soldiers were when they fought the war you’re so passionate so sweet and kind when you realize that they were just kids just boys killing each other. 😢 sad really. Especially the holocaust millions of people died for nothing.

[@FrancoisDressler]

Masterwork.

[@vivekmohan437]

Hear it from him: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jou2YaCnfN96hpo&ab_channel=RemembranceofThingsPast (The director of the movie himself was a holocaust survivor)

[@montanus777]

the nazi's antisemitism wasn't really about the jews being evil, but them being inferior and 'contaminating the nordic blood'. that's why even children didn't matter to them, because the children had the same 'unpure blood'. and the nazis didn't start their hate from ground zero; antisemitism was already around for centuries (back then mainly for religious reasons). the nazis basically just combined the already existing antisemitism with darwinist ideas and made it about race - instead of religion.

[@santiagohurtado5487]

you should aslo watch Enemy At The Gates another good ww2 movie

[@manduheavyvazquez5268]

Greatness

[@TheWojakDoomer]

Fegelein is a good man the master antic of HRP

[@bradlynelson357]

I just came across your channel . Who are you ladies?

[@heavyrain4485]

Powerful.

[@user-ke8rs6ne2u]

„Come and see” pls!)

[@alanicolas2510]

Excellent movie to react, the actor had some health problems after this movie for having lost so much weight to play the role, also if I'm not mistaken he also went a month without eating, or something like that, to be able to feel what the person felt in real life, at least that's what I remember hearing... another beautiful movie for everyone to react to is "I am Sam", played by Sean Penn, Dakota Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer, it's a good opportunity since there are almost no reactions to that film. Greetings.

[@elbeto7750]

beautiful reaction. An excellent movie but heartbreaking for being from a true story. All movies based on world war 2 are very good but sad for what actually happened

[@aigarsvavere5859]

The one on the rfight at least seems intelligent

[@jostar2]

This reminds me I saw this film in Paris, October 2002. Un bon souvenir.

[@Antares-mo6xh]

18:14 what? English place? In Poland? XD

[@manujolicoeur7499]

Was learning german and this was recommended to me, really glad i came across this movie.

[@JV-mw7gv]

Where are you guys from?

[@jimmysmith5418]

They are from Bulgaria 🇧🇬

[@roddkeith4239]

This movie is directed by Roman Polanski who also did "Rosemary's Baby" which you guys would do a GREAT reaction for. You should get all four of you together and watch "Rosemary's Baby"! Maybe at Halloween? It's a super classic, you guys will really like that one, for multiple reasons.

[@lexwells4763]

I thought he was much better in The Brothers Bloom.