The Pianist: A Cinematic Masterpiece about an Inspirational Man

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 2011)

The Pianist is about the Polish Jewish musician Wlad Spielzman, who struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto in World War II. The Nazis began by stripping the most basic rights of Jews, and became more malicious as the movie progressed. The Jews were later put into the Warsaw ghetto, where powerful scenes depict Jews lying dead in the streets and stronger people stealing food from weaker people just to survive. The Nazis took away the Jews' humanity, and the Warsaw ghetto followed the law of the jungle, where only the strongest survive.
From the Nazi revolution, Wlad Spielzman's reputation as local hero was swiftly reduced to a prisoner of war. He only survived from the kindness of his friends and his strangers. He doesn't have the heroic characteristics of seeking revenge against the Nazis for possibly murdering his family. Rather, he's a simple civilian who merely struggles to survive in the difficult Holocaust.
He relies on the music playing in his mind and channelling into his fingers to keep his sanity everyday he spent in hiding. His musical gift saved his life at the end of the movie, where the Nazi soldier spared his life because of the beautiful piano music he played.
The plot line in The Pianist is riveting, and Wlad Spielzman's story is truly inspiring. The Pianist is definitely a cinematic masterpiece, and is more than worthy of a 10/10 rating.