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Rating: 9/10 (11 November 2015)

The Pianist is a story about the World War II, in particular about the pianist Wladislav Szpilman, based on his autobiography, and played by Adrien Brody. It's directed by Roman Polanski. After being separated from his family and everyone he know (almost everyone is taken away with trains for which we know now where they went), he is left to take care for himself in a Warsaw ghetto, to fight for food and cover. He is simply trying to get out of German sight.
The movie is often compared to a Schindler's list because it describes the oppression of Jews during WW2, but it has a completely different dimension. While in Schindlers List we have a very realistic image of situation Jewish people found themselves, in Pianist we follow and individual, and that gives a completely different perspective. We are in a way more involved, we are drawn deeper into the character.