The motion picture,
The Pianist, is based upon the true life story of Wladyslaw Szpilman and his family. Mr. Szpilman was one of the most accomplished musicians in Poland before the Nazis attacked the country in 1939. The film does an excellent job of explaining why it became impossible for the Jewish people living in Europe to escape the Nazis and showcases the plight of hundreds of thousands of Jews forced to live in the Warsaw ghetto. What did you learn from the film that you did not know before?
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"The Pianist" was one of my favorite movies so far. Prior to watching this film, I had thought that Jews were sent to work camps first, and then the weak were sent to death camps. I knew ghettos existed, but I thought they were simply poor areas where Jews chose to congregate during WWII. This film gave me a better understanding of why the Nazis formed ghettos and what went on behind the walls. I also learned that Nazi troops would appoint certain Jews to police the ghettos. I sometimes wonder why the Jewish police did not take advantage of the situation, given that they knew about the death camps. Although documentaries are very informational, I agree with Mr. Gallagher in that dramatic films like this one have a bigger impact on students and their impression of the war.
The Pianist was a very interesting movie to watch. It was also very sad to watch. It showed a depressing reality of what a jewish family would typically see and go through. One of the most heartbreaking moments I thought was when a woman simply asked where they were going, and a German officer simply shot her in the face. This was in front of a very large group of people as well. This film provided me with more knowledge on how and why the ghettos were built, and it was also interesting to see how they were moved out of such ghettos. This movie was one of my favorites so far this year.
I learned a lot from the movie "The Pianist." Prior to watching the movie, I didn't realize that the Polish Jews hadn't been able to anticipate the coming events of the holocaust. They didn't think that the situation would escalate nearly as far as it did, to the cruel killing of thousands of people. Additionally, I hadn't realized that there were specific death camps. I had thought that the camps were both a place to work, and if you were weak, sick, or disobedient; a place to be killed. The movie also taught me a lot about the conditions in the ghetto and the lengths people went to in order to protect themselves and their family. Seeing them in movie form really showed me the horrible conditions these people were forced to live in, and increased my already large respect for anyone that had to suffer through that period of time.
While watching the movie "The Pianist", I learned what the ghettos were actually like. I thought they were just areas where the Jewish people segregated to on their own terms. I didn't know that they were forced into a secluded area where they had minimal recourses and space. I was faced with realizing how brutal the nazis were to many of the Jews like when the women got shot in the face for doing nothing. The Jews had to live in awful conditions where there were many dead people laying in the road.
"The Pianist" has been the most interesting movie that we have watched so far. It was really interesting to see the step by step process that the Jews were taken through. Although we didn't watch the second half of the movie it was fascinating how such cruel people can do such terrible thing to such innocent people. The story behind the movie is incredibly interesting and I really enjoyed it.
"The Pianist" was the most difficult movie to watch emotionally, but was my favorite movie we have watched so far. The movie put so much emotion into the horrible situation that I felt the most empathy I ever have for the Jewish people. I learned many things while watching the movie as well. I didn't know that the nazis organized a Jewish police for the ghettos. I also did not know there were different social levels while the Jewish people lived in the ghettos. The hardest part for me to watch was when nazi soldiers dropped an old man in a wheelchair off a balcony, it showed just how desensitized the nazi soldiers were and it showed me how brutally treated the Jewish people were. I am so happy this movie was shown in class and I will be sure to rent it at home to watch the other half of the movie.
"The Pianist" did a great way of displaying what it was like for a jew living in Poland, during the Nazi invasion. Before watching this film I had thought that many jews tried to escape when the Nazis first invaded, rather than staying and relying on England. The film also gave me a better understanding of how terrible the conditions in the ghettos were. Additionally, I had no idea that there was a jewish police force in Poland, when the Nazis invaded.
The pianist was an interesting movie to me. I thought it did a very good job of showing how hard life was for the Jews in Poland. I did not know that the Jewish families were only allowed to have a small amount of money in their homes at one time. I also did not know that there were laws that said Jews couldn't walk in the parks, or go to certain coffee shops. I also found it interesting how even for a well known musician, the treatment was the same and very harsh and brutal regardless of status.
When watching "The Pianist" I felt as though the film was very intriguing. I felt as though I was part of that time period with how realistic the plot was. During the film I learned a lot about the ghettos that I had not known before. I had never had any idea that there were any ghettos to begin with. I found it amazing how people were only about to bring as much as they could carry to the ghettos. As the film went into depth about the ghettos I felt it extremely depressing how these people were just struggling to survive. So many individuals were starving each and everyday. The film truly made you think a lot about your own life and to be grateful for what you have and never take freedom and your health for granted.
The portion of "The Pianist" that we watched in class was very deep and informative. I could tell just from the first half of the movie that it deserved all the awards it received. The movie perfectly captured the tense and dismal atmosphere that was ever present in the ghetto and the subtle knowledge of impending doom that the Jews had. I learned more about the ghettos like the fact that they were sold goods at extremely inflated prices and that there was a Jewish secret police. The knowledge I gained from this movie just added to the ideas I had about the Nazis and how they could be so good at doing evil. They were manipulative and harsh. This movie showed nothing less and the fact that it is based around a man that really existed is even more touching.
This biggest thing that I learned from this was the desperation of the situation. I had no idea that there were Jewish police in the ghettos. This is very different from how I pictured it in my mind. These officers were aiding the Nazi's in their mission to exterminate Jews. It is ridiculous to think that these people still continued to hurt their own people. In the end they were executed as well, but the whole situation was very new to me.
The Pianist is an incredible movie and I learned a lot from watching it. I gained a better perspective on how the ghettos actually functioned and how they were able to manipulate the Jews so easily. The way the Nazis viewed the concept of death is sickening and evil and this movie showed that in the fact that they could just kill the Jews if they wanted to. Poland was obviously a crucial part of the Nazi's plan and I learned the importance the country actually held during these times. One part in the movie that really left an impact on me was when the Szpilman family desperately shared one square of caramel in order to keep surviving. I look forward to viewing the rest of The Pianist.
I think that "The Pianist" gave a good look inside the lives of Jewish people living in ghettos. It's one thing to hear about the awful things done to Jewish people during this time, but quiet another to watch it unfold. Something I did not know before watching this film was that the police inside the ghettos were actually Jewish themselves. I cannot fathom why any Jewish person would willingly treat their own people with such disrespect. What did they hope would happen? Did they think the Nazis would just let them go? To me this really shows how bad the situation was, the fact that a person would hurt, humiliate, and disrespect their own people knowing the circumstances really shows how dire the situation was.
This movie really gave me the full effect of what the ghetto really was. it also explained how bad the jews were treated rather then what we have learned prior. watching a movie about of jews were treated or anything we learn in this class is much more meaningful to see than just hear. actually seeing what happened to the jews durning this time gave a totally different effect to me than just hearing it.
The "pianist" is one of my favorite movies that we have watched. The movie help show me the hardship the jewish people had to go through when they were living in the ghettos. I learned a lot from the movie, like that in the ghettos the Nazis were able to do whatever that they wanted to the jews, like kill them in cold blood when ever they wanted. I wish we were able to finish the movie, but from the parts that we watch it still showed me a lot and I was still able to to learn a lot.
"The Pianist" was a great film about the Nazis invading Poland and removing the Jews. I learned through the film some of the day to day conditions and how the Jews were treated. Before watching the film I did not know that the Nazis had tricked the Jews into going to the death camps by telling them they were going to work. I also learned that the Nazis allowed the Jewish police to form to keep the Jews in order for the Nazis. I wish we were able to finish the film.
The Pianist was one of if not my favorite movie that we've watched so far this year. It did a great job showing how life in the ghettos were really like and explained how the Nazis were able to slowly take over and force Jewish people into worse and worse situations. One thing that really surprised me is that there were Jewish police in the ghettos. It's ridiculous to think that anyone would side with the Nazis, especially Jewish people. I really enjoyed the movie and how it truly showed how life was like in the ghettos.
I learned a lot I didn't know after watching "The Pianist." I didn't realize that there were differnt death camps. I just thought there was a single place for people t owork, for the sick and or disabled, and for people to be killed. The movie also taught me a lot about the efforts people went through to protect their family. The masses of people really schocked me.I also gained even more respect than I already had for the people who sufered throughg this tragic event.
I thought The Piantist did a really great job of clearing up my questions about the ghettos while keeping me entertained. Prior to this movie I didnt know how forced the ghettos were. I simply thought that they formed due to the lack of jobs offered to the Jews. I found it really interesting that the Nazis appointed Jewish police to police the ghettos. The one thing that stood out to me the most though was the rapid nature at which the situation escalated. It was not depicted as a gradual process which is how I envisioned it. Overall I thought that The Pianist did an amazing job depicting Poland as it was getting invaded.
Overall I thought the pianist did a great job by displaying what life was truly like for the Jews at this time. It was also a very difficult movie to watch because several of the things that the Nazis did to the Jews were horrible. It shocked me to see the true evil in the nazis and I couldn't imagine living as a Jew in those times. Overall I thought it was a very intreaging film and I hope to watch the end soon
I learned a lot from this movie. I didn't know that the gehttos were a place where the nazis forced jews to go, I just thought it was a place where they all happened to live during the war. I also didn't know that they sent people seperately to work camps, and randomly picked them off in the middle of the street. The scene in the movie that I know will stick with me forever, is when the nazi's went into one of the families appartments and asked them all to stand up during dinner, and when the grandpa couldn't, because clearly his legs were unable to work, they threw him off the balcony in front of his whole family. This movie was one of my favorites, and I would like to finish it sometime myself.
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"The Pianist" gave me a new perspective on what it was like to be a jew and the cluelessness they had when they were being shipped to death camps. They were powerless because they had no clue where they were going. Also, it showed how they were shipped with no humanity as they were shipped like animals. The way the nazi's looked at them was as if they were animals. It's so sad to think that so many people just sat there and watched what the nazis did. People could have stopped this but instead they continued to appease Hitler.
"The Pianist" was interesting because it was a movie so it included the emotional side of the story which documentaries are missing as well as it was extremely factual. I liked this because i could connect to the film very easily and so i drew a lot from it. I didnt realize the connection between the arm bands and the ghettos prior to watching this film, not realizing that a jew caught outside the ghettos could be killed. I also didnt realize the sheer numbers by which the jewish people were destroyed as a people and with such little regard for human life. I realized the process was brutal but i thought there was at least some sort of reasoning behind why they shipped the people to death camps, as in they were too ill or injured to work, but no these were healthy families, women and kids.
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