The Pianist

Rating: 9/10 (10 July 2006)

From Oscar BAFTA winning director Roman Polanski, and based on a true story, this is the great story of one man's struggle to survive, and also his passion of playing the piano. Oscar winning, and BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated Adrien Brody plays Wladyslaw Szpilman, an Oscar winning role, he has a passion for playing the piano. He and his family, including Father (Frank Finlay) and Mother (Maureen Lipman) are threatened and ordered about by the Nazi Germans to obey their commands, otherwise by shot. It is really disturbing to see the Germans killing Jewish people, and also the state of places after bombs and stuff. Also starring Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, Emilia Fox as Dorota, Ed Stoppard as Henryk, Julia Rayner as Regina, Jessica Kate Meyer as Halina and Michal Zebrowski. The best moments for me are while Wladyslaw has a beard, and is surviving amongst the wreckage of a town, and he plays the piano for a German commander. It won the Oscar for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and it was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Editing and Best Picture, it won the BAFTA for Best Film and the David Lean Award for Direction, and it was nominated for the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music for Wojciech Kilar, Best Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound, and it was nominated the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama. It was number 59 on The 100 Greatest Tearjerkers, and it was number 32 on The 100 Greatest War Films. Very good!