Fantastic, Roman Polanski beats Steven Spielberg

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2005)

"The Pianist" is one of the best movies i've ever seen. After seeing the "Ninth gate" i didn't expect much of Roman Polanski, but the pianist is truly great and should certainly be on your "movies-to-watch-list". The movie has it's gentle parts in which the main character Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) plays Chopin. But it also shows the horrors of the second world war. While Szpilman tries to save himself people around him are being killed and starved to death in the Warsaw ghetto, including his family. Adrien Brody, by the way, performs absolutely brilliant. Polanski confronts war, suffering, despair, hope and the choices of Wladyslaw Szpilman, which are based on the book and life of Szpilman, in this movie.