"The Pianist" is based on a memoir published by1946. Schipperman was a very famous pianist in Polish radio and cafe circles during the Nazi occupation in the 1930s. In September 1939, when Warsaw was savagely bombed, Polish radio had no announcer voice, only a young pianist played Chopin's nocturne. Six years later, the broadcast resumed, playing the same piece, and the performer was the same pianist, Schipperman. In the meantime, Schipperman escaped the fate of going to Auschwitz, and instead lived on the streets of Warsaw, struggling to survive in the Jewish quarter, using the piano to soothe his compatriots who live in fear every day. With the help of a compassionate German officer, Schippermann finally waited until the day when the Nazis were driven away, and the officer himself died in a prisoner-of-war camp.
The Pianist About the story
2021-10-13 18:32
Extended Reading
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Tremaine 2021-10-20 18:59:04
Don’t laugh at his prolonged life. The dignity that he gave up in order to survive. Persistence and hope are put back on him after the war. The ruins created by the war have crushed his heart into residue. His always moving fingers are in every destiny. During the handover, he secretly played the theme song of destiny, Adrien Brody played his struggle and grace to life. Facing death and fear, we are all as small. The most difficult thing is persistence.
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Amanda 2021-10-20 18:58:49
"I have something warmer."----Wilm Hosenfeld
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Wladyslaw Szpilman: Where are we going?
Mother: Phhhhh, out of Warsaw.
Wladyslaw Szpilman: [confused] Out of Warsaw? Where?
Regina: You haven't heard?
Wladyslaw Szpilman: [exasperated] Heard what?
Regina: Haven't you seen the paper?
Wladyslaw Szpilman: No!
Regina: Ah, where's the paper?
Halina: I used it for packing.
Regina: [incredulous] Ah, she used it for packing.
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Wladyslaw Szpilman: What... what do you think you'll do while you're setting up your new line of defense? Wander around luggin' your suitcases?