The silence of the past sorrow

Rating: Null/10 (11 June 2004)

I've seen this move over 10 times. This movie is not more than a personal story and touched heart so much and so deep. One of the reason I like it is because this movie does not lead all the audiences to criticize how bad of Nazi German. Of course, we do not need to emphasize this world known fact. But to share personal passion, appreciation and so complicated sorrow inside the heart with those who never experienced such great tragedy in the past human being's history.
The author was very lucky at that time. I believe that God must be with him in every second. We must also thank God to protect such a great pianist on the earth from being killed so we would have a great chance to listen to such wonderful music. Unlike his family or the German captain who saved his life, especially the captain, after his long torture in the Russian's war camp, his death came to the end peacefully. Whether the author did or did not try to save the captain's life, the answer is no longer important. The sorrow, the suffering, the happiness and the silence of the past were all gone to the dust. But we must not forget that the German captain did save the author's life so he could dress up and play the piano on the stage as he always wished. After all, not all Nazi German were bad or even evil.
The author's mind was clear that he was not interested to criticize on both side. Perhaps he wasn't even sure in which side should be blamed. We are human being and we make mistakes everyday. But we must not forget not to make any extreme excuse to go cross the line-killing.