A great blend of emotions, depicting the horrors and nature of the Holocaust

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2005)

An excellent film about a musician making his way through the holocaust, and great and convincing acting by Adrien Brody, an excellent blend of emotions depicting the harshness that the Jews went through those times. I must admit Roman Polanski did a very good job showing us the misery and suffering of Poland during the days of Hitler, the holocaust and the horrible inhumane things they did to them, which could shock you and make you sympathize the people in it. Adrien plays a pianist who is very successful in Poland but during the outbreak of the Second World War, however, he becomes subject to the anti-Jewish laws imposed by the Nazis. By the start of the 1940s, he goes from piano concert halls to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw and then must suffer the tragedy of his family deported to a death camp, then into a forced German Labor Compound. Overall, a true work of art, and a compelling movie which would make you cry and sympathize the people, seeing how they were killed, and you would enjoy it too, great work of Polanski despite his past, which I will not discuss. Recommended to those who like dramatic movies about WWII and others.