Schindler’s List, directed by Steven Spielberg and The Pianist, Directed by Roman Polanski

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Schindler’s List, directed by Steven Spielberg and The Pianist, Directed by Roman Polanski

The holocaust is seen as a time of horror, filled with brutal, inhuman actions carried out by the Nazi party. Schindler’s List, directed by Steven Spielberg, is one of the most realistic movies to show the gruesome shock of the concentration camps and torture of Jews. Spielberg captured the true essences of what pain was during World War Two. In 2002, Roman Polanski came out with The Pianist, a movie that focuses on a Jewish man’s struggles outside the walls of a concentration camp. Polanski created a movie that would leave an impression on the viewer. The main purpose of Schindler’s List and The Pianist is to provide an inside view of the torture and suffering the Jews faced during WWII and the movies use similar techniques to express the horrors.

The movie Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg, is a dramatic representation of the holocaust. First, the film starts in Poland, where the Jews are under pressure from the Nazi community making its way into the villages. Oskar Schindler is a Nazi business man seeking to build a factory with Jewish workers. Schindler contacts the correct officials to get permission to build his factory. Next, the Jews are moved into the ghetto and then concentration camps. Schindler builds relationships with Nazis in a position of high power. Schindler uses these relationships to start secretly planning on saving as many Jews as he can through his factory. As the Jews are being sent by trains to camps, Schindler makes his infamous list of Jewish workers he needs. The list contains men, women, and children. Schindler tries to save as many Jews as he can. Finally, the holocaust comes to an end and S...

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...he end of the movie as grown adults, while Szpilman of The Pianist survived his struggle of living on the run. Both movies ended leaving the viewer with hope and fulfillment that, even though millions of Jews were killed, some managed to survive through the help of others. The movies were a representation of a horrid subject matter, which were about hope and dignity in the midst of a monstrous tragedy.

The horrors of the holocaust have been seen through many points of view. In Schindler’s List and The Pianist, the directors pulled together every emotion to create a masterpiece that teaches of the dreadful acts humans can do to each other. The pain one human can inflict on another is contoured by the determination and pride of the Jews to survive. The movies present a look into what a Jew’s life was like during WWII, either by a group of people or one single man.

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