Just read the book by Szpilman. He said he played this nocturne on a piano that was suffering from the effects of cold and damp i.e. the action was swollen and stiff and the tuning out. I think any pianist who had lived for three years in the most terrible conditions suffering cold and extreme hunger would not have tackled the the G minor Ballade which is a much more challenging piece technically. Artistic licence a little wayward here. Incidentally the German officer was something of a saint he had helped others and his diaries were full of angst over things he had heard and witnessed. He unfortunately died in a soviet prison.
Chopin was the Greatest piano composer of the Romantic Era. A Polish refugee in France who's yearning for his beloved Poland inspired the most beautiful music ever written for piano.
It's so sad, and life is so cruel sometimes. Hosenfeld didn't deserve to end his life in a Soviet prison camp.But his good acts were not in vain, as he is now known by everybody who read Szpielman's book or watched Polanski's movie
You also have to take into consideration that both of them have either only hear gunfire or can’t make any noise at all, so for the past 5-6 years this has been one of the most beautiful thing they have both heard
7 years not 25. Captain Wilm Hosenfeld died in 1952. On 16 February 2009, Yad Vashem announced that Capt. Wilm Hosenfeld would be posthumously recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. On 19 June 2009, Israeli diplomats presented Hosenfeld's son, Detlev, with the award, in Berlin.
Wallenberg also died in USSR. Jews did not bother too much for people saving them thow they were very influential. Maybe Spillman could not do more because he spent his life in Poland but Wallenberg saved a lot of influential Jews .
They wore the colective guilt....imagine if a proud country like britain fell....and all the troops were put in camps....you wouldnt run up to your enemy and beg....no way...you stay with your men....same for germans....they were very tradition oriented military wise....very.
I so enjoyed this film, but when this German Officer appeared I was very shocked. He is double of my father. My late father was English and in Bomber Command. Irony perhaps. Father loved classical music. I still find the scene disturbing. Miss you very much dad.
This movie's scene is truly amazing, but what really brings tears to your eyes, is this outstanding "Nocturne" by Chopin. This composer has a sensibility unique to none. FANTASTIC!!!
I remeber i was 10 when my mom took me to see this movie in the cinema. I apologise to all the people with me in the same room, they had to listen to 1 hour of my saddest cry ever...
i had a professor for sociology in college & he gave us impactful movies to watch as assignments he gave us this one the pianist, gattaca, the crash and American beauty all those films made me cry badly i couldnt help but thank him for making them assignments they left a place in my heart
This scene from the movie. Remember! In their memory! Every polish man and woman who help to save Szpilman are already dead at the moment he plays the music in this scene.
Dois seres humanos se encontram, um em desgraça o outro com poder e beleza; neste entre-meio o Noturno de CHOPIN é lindamente executado, maravilhoso e encantador! Uma bela e triste cena do filme "O Pianista"
Cutting onions, AGAIN!!! The depth and feeling played in this song reaches deep down to my very soul, and yanks at my heartstrings, not just the music, but what the music represents in this scene. Never have I ever been so moved by one piece of classical piano. I could barely bring myself to watch this movie, but this one scene mixes jubilant adulation, and heart wrenching sorrow, something that I’ve never seen happen in any other movie, or heard in any other piece, it’s pure brilliance, and absolutely devastating.
I have heard a multiple version of Nocturne, they're all different that even an amateur as me can hear the differences. This piece of Chopin is great for musician to show their own personality.
my favorite scene from this heart-wrenching movie. I like to play, and often asked myself, "If I had to choose the last song I might ever play (at gunpoint), what would it be???" I still don't have an answer, assuming I was more talented. i have to have the sheet music, or cheat sheet/chords. but I would usually pick Chopin. He was a brilliant composer, and entertaining, because i always hope I cheat and get to play an encore. Because I always want to play.....one more. Thanks Arjen. Who would you play? Just one?? Encore?? john
I totally get you...i also know how to play (a bit) and listening to pieces like this brings the 'final' question: what would you like to have on? After some years...i think is safe to say, just enjoy life :) Or choose Chopin :D
John Spence I stopped watching during the ghetto scene when the desperate mothers sent their boys on the mission for food. When one of them was brutally killed right before sliding under the brick wall, I switched my computer off. I have not had courage to watch again since...
Read his book; this is the piece that Szpilman played. The movie is inaccurate by using the ballade, so it's nice to see this video rendering some form of justice. There is a wonderful video on RU-vid of Szpilman playing the nocturne as an old man.
DavoStreet i think they wanted to change a little bit because the piece was already played twice, at the beginning and at the radio, and chose something new
Regardless which music you hear _first_ connected to a movie, most people would think that no other piece would fit better. It's just the magic of first impression.
Humanity is something that is beautiful at times but also the most ugly thing ever. But something such as music shows that everyone has emotions within. This is something I learned growing up and was truly proven throughout history. Let the music play and all of us live life and love one another.
..,chopin,.y......., escuchado ya, por siete millones setesientas personas......!!!Y por millones y millones todavia mas....Y nunca se acabara' de escuchar .....
