Finally, he holes himself up in an abandoned building among the ruins of the city only to be discovered by a German officer. He suffers from jaundice while in hiding, and eventually is forced to flee after Germans bomb his place of refuge. Third, after absconding, he beseeches the aid of another non-Jew connection who conceals and locks him in a room. Second, he escapes from the Warsaw Ghetto with the help of his friend and hides in a German-occupied apartment. First, he is separated from his family only to fall victim to slave labor. Szpilman experiences great adversity, and the film expertly depicts his descent from cool to tortured with seamless successions of false hopes and continued essays. This is further emphasized by PolanskiвЂ™s use of fades to highlight the subtle contrast between life and death.

It takes the audience to the core of the plight of the Jews during the Second Word War by showing inhumanity through streets lined with dead bodies, physical and emotional torments by the Nazi guards, and imageries of desperation. It is visceral due to its unapologetic display of starvation, hopelessness, and cruelty. This provides the film with a palpable atmosphere that is impressively visceral. Polanski is also a Holocaust survivor, and The Pianist gives him a platform to tell the story of Szpilman with a high degree of authenticity. The most striking feature of The Pianist is that it is also a narrative of the directorвЂ™s struggles during the Second Word War. The film is an adaptation of the autobiography of WЕ‚adysЕ‚aw Szpilman with the same title. The Germans retreat from Poland in 1945 after the initiative of the Russians. After hiding for quite some time, Szpilman carries on in a building among the ruined city, and there meets Wilm Hosenfeld, who, after hearing him play, feeds him and ensconces him in the attic. From there, Szpilman manages to linger on: working in hard labor, and escaping and hiding with the aid of a succession of non-Jewish friends. By 1942, the family are transferred to one of Nazi GermanyвЂ™s extermination camps but WЕ‚adysЕ‚aw survives after the intervention of his friend from the Jewish Ghetto Police. There they constantly struggle to survive against starvation and maltreatment. Eventually, the Szpilman family, along with hundreds of other Jews, are placed in the Warsaw Ghetto where life swiftly turns for the worse. After PolandвЂ™s defeat, Nazi Germany quickly starts their вЂњcleansingвЂќ by first prohibiting Jews from employment and forcing them to wear an armband with the Star of David. The film is told against the backdrop of the Nazi invasion of Poland, and the anti-Semitic war of Germany. The Pianist tells the story of WЕ‚adysЕ‚aw Szpilman, a Polish pianist.

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