The Pianist Essay Examples and Topics

Nosferatu Nosferatu (1922) is a filmic adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Directed by F. W. Murnau, the film is considered a classic. A silent film in black and white, the film more or less follows the Dracula story although the names of the characters…

After seeing the Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, I was amazed that the protagonist, Wladyslaw Szpilman was able to survive the Holocaust. Critics and historians base his survival on many different factors, luck, Szpilman’s skills, and help from others. I believe that all these factors…

When on the topic of representations of the Holocaust, two films come to mind, those being Roman Polanski’s film The Pianist and Quentin Tarantino’s film Inglourious Basterds. Though these films do not appear to have anything in common other than the fact that they are…