A true tale of courage, agony and miracles

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2016)

Probably the most heart-fell story of the Holocaust told through the eyes of young talented pianist - Wladyslaw Szpilman. I felt the movie plot made it very engaging. I haven't read the book, but from my own family's history I watched it with a very personal angle. "The Pianist" is a tale of horrors and and unexpected miracles through the life of Wladek, played flawlessly by Adrien Brody set in Warsaw during and after the WWII. When the protagonist's life changes inevitably throughout the course of few months, so drastically, one may wonder if he makes it alive at all. Depraved of family, brutal treatment by Germans and Poles alike, Wladek's courage continues to surprise us. Saved by a few good Poles and at the end by the German officer (played by Thomas Kretchman) he makes it. Broken, emaciated, speechless, but he makes it. With the soul filled with his only one true friend, Chopin, he plays throughout the movie, he manages to come to life again.Its a wonderful story of survival in the times when no one could have been trusted, one could have only wished for a miracle or a quick end. Wladyslaw Szpilman's story continues to inspire. It's a true tale of miracles set in the darkest history of time.