Chopin Ballade in G Minor Scene- The Pianist

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  • @Omfgwhtavid
    @Omfgwhtavid 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6097

    Plus, nobody seems to mention this, it's really fuckin hard to play when you're hands are cold

    • @abdoali51
      @abdoali51 8 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      I know about this from piano tiles

    • @Mr.Existence
      @Mr.Existence 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      HAHAHHAHAA

    • @angryguy2724
      @angryguy2724 8 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      Hell yeah, it is. I'm a pianist, as well, and I hate it when I have to play in cold weather. My hands tense up so bad, and my fingers are desperate not to move. 😅

    • @brians.5597
      @brians.5597 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dangleplums AMEN

    • @Jamesi03
      @Jamesi03 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is true

  • @brianbernstein3826
    @brianbernstein3826 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7926

    he honestly believed the officer would kill him after his performance. he believed he was caught, that his life was over. this performance was him saying goodbye to life, to everything and everyone he loved. only this piece could do this

    • @afshanpezeshkian6510
      @afshanpezeshkian6510 5 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      No, he did not believe it, because he took the can to the room with him, it means hope ...

    • @aramkhachaturian8043
      @aramkhachaturian8043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      read the book my friend

    • @aerohk
      @aerohk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      No. He knew he was safe.

    • @iLastStar
      @iLastStar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      he actually played nocturne in real life i think, but for cinematic purposes, director chose Ballade.

    • @kelvinhua202
      @kelvinhua202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@iLastStar Pretty sure he's hitting the right notes for the Ballade

  • @3pimpzilla
    @3pimpzilla 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12190

    I was showing this movie to my ex girlfriend and she kept talking through this scene. That's why she is now my ex

  • @nunosousa8162
    @nunosousa8162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4604

    The straight face the german officer has through the whole piece is almost as if he was heartbroken and thought to himself "How many like him did we kill?"

    • @janeyrevanescence12
      @janeyrevanescence12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +370

      Or, knowing his life story (he helped many like Spzilmen before dying in a Soviet POW camp), he was wondering about the people he tried to help and if they were okay.

    • @andwhat5248
      @andwhat5248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Doubt it. Probably thought, "fuck it, the war is lost".

    • @metallema8231
      @metallema8231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      yeah i also though of this, like how many young people full of talent and different experience did they just turn into nothing, pretty heart breaking and hard pill to swallow to anyone in the right mind

    • @jaspervanlier9107
      @jaspervanlier9107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      @@andwhat5248 No not true, learn about him, Wilm Hosenfeld. He helped a lot of jews and poles during the entire war, after his death he was even rewarded the Righteous among nations by Israel

    • @irenecarrillo6750
      @irenecarrillo6750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I think he thought of how horrible wars are, and how we are all the same, how we all shine on our own, and how sad our existence can be

  • @Gooner1990
    @Gooner1990 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6706

    One of the most powerful and beautiful scenes in film history.

    • @cunt9459
      @cunt9459 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Indeed

    • @TheBri656
      @TheBri656 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I agree, but would also recommend the film Children of Men for an equally powerful scene. I won't spoil it and you should watch the film first, but if you don't care the scene is on TH-cam called "Miracle Cease Fire"

    • @originalnumber9
      @originalnumber9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It is not an equally powerful scene......... I guess that particular scene reminded you of this one because it's an abandoned building during war time.

    • @TheBri656
      @TheBri656 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Zelina Castro Watch the movie first before making accusations for why I recommended that scene. And the fact you think I would recommend that scene only because the location is in a building and it's during a war shows that you obviously haven't seen the movie because it has nothing to do with why it's so powerful.

    • @originalnumber9
      @originalnumber9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** I've seen it.

  • @nashkii227
    @nashkii227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1561

    He skips some parts and that actually touched me.
    He actually skips it because he played it when ww2. Which the parts he skips are the joy parts and he cannot interpret it for that time.

    • @Koldatt
      @Koldatt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Thank you fpr the insight

    • @Samgurney88
      @Samgurney88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      The parts he skips are not only the more sanguine parts, but the parts that were interrupted by bombing in the very first scene of the film.

    • @rhz1089
      @rhz1089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Lol actually he skips some parts cuz I bet they couldn’t fit the whole 9 minute piece into the movie 😭. And three piece from the beginning was Chopin nocturne in c# minor, not this ballade.

    • @Samgurney88
      @Samgurney88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@rhz1089 Sorry, you're right - not quite sure how I managed that mistake (I shall plead tiredness and complacency)! In the original memoire Władysław Szpilman said that he played the Nocturne in C# minor, not the Ballade in G minor, to Wilm Hosenfeld when he was discovered by him, so maybe that has something to do with this brain malfunction!
      Nevertheless, I do think there is a motif of artistic joy being excised or interrupted in the film - the bombs crash down on the radio station as Szpilman begins to play the 'happier' sounding parts of the Nocturne in C# minor in the opening, this Ballade has been truncated with the more joyful parts ommitted. Until the end of the film (when he plays the grand polonaise), the only music that is either uninterrupted or joyful is played by other people - the Nazi neighbour playing her lullaby during his hiding, Dorota practing Bach's cello suites. Even as a cafe pianist in the ghetto he is constantly being interrupted.
      I don't think this is all done merely incidentally because of time constraints. There is a theme woven throughout of the horrors of the war and Nazi occupation frustrating art - the Bechstein that must be sold, the violin that must be stuffed full of hidden Zlotys even if it becomes unplayable. And, of course, most obviously there is the piano which he is unable to play during hiding. I read the film as partly a meditation on art as something almost redemptive of the horrors of life and as in some sense ineradicable - that even despite the constant intrusion and dehumanisation of the Nazi atrocities, Szpilman will go on playing even if it is only in his imagination.

    • @kennyyy4L
      @kennyyy4L 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Samgurney88 God, your writing is beautiful.

  • @naimahmajeed5036
    @naimahmajeed5036 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2516

    I'm pretty sure this is everyones favorite scene. He just played the story of his life.

    • @agamaz5650
      @agamaz5650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      yeah this scene is good, he played well but i wish the actor actually played this piece and all of it..... the most beautiful section was cut

    • @TheOne-pq4ph
      @TheOne-pq4ph 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Agamaz they prob didn’t have time to have it in the movie also It is a pretty long piece

    • @agamaz5650
      @agamaz5650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheOne-pq4ph well then that sucks

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Dave Ciccantelli Well, beyond the opening of it, to help convince the audience that Brody's playing the rest of it and not, as it was in actuality, an expert pianist as the hand model.

    • @akonvictor
      @akonvictor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes naimah.......this is mine too.....

  • @Paganini67
    @Paganini67 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3349

    This is my favourite scene. I can feel the pain from both characters.

    • @baberina1
      @baberina1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Paganini67 the agony and the ecstasy. Life. 😘

    • @twilightzone1798
      @twilightzone1798 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I feel ChoPAIN

    • @GROENAASMusic
      @GROENAASMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@twilightzone1798 Shut up xD

    • @thgentleman9210
      @thgentleman9210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oh yeah it just must be so painful for the German guy....

    • @NavidIsANoob
      @NavidIsANoob 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Knowing the war was about to end, that officer probably felt regret for having participated in a monstrous machine of death and destruction. Seeing that husk of a man create magic made him realize the consequences of his actions and those of his fatherland. He would later die in a prisoner camp, reflecting on those thoughts until his last breath.

  • @LukeFaulkner
    @LukeFaulkner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7929

    This scene inspired me as a child. Fifteen years on, I am a professional pianist. This performance is just as poignant now as it was then.

    • @Railfan9743
      @Railfan9743 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Luke Faulkner hey! :)

    • @chetblueychristiansalinaso2738
      @chetblueychristiansalinaso2738 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      oh my god I love your music

    • @marcjacobs6613
      @marcjacobs6613 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Luke Faulkner if not more!

    • @jrodriguezpiano
      @jrodriguezpiano 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Luke Faulkner oh hey its the dude who shamelessly promotes his crappy music in the comments sections of other peoples videos with the same copy pasted paragraphs, over and over again!

    • @TheMusicalKnokcers
      @TheMusicalKnokcers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jrodriguezpiano does he ?

  • @pointly
    @pointly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1734

    According to Chopin, this is by far one of his most difficult pieces to play. According to scholars, the song is about loneliness.

    • @lefinlay
      @lefinlay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Crimson Tiger, the hardest part is getting the phrasing. With practise, the notes aren’t too bad. Just invest the time 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @numberoneolive2464
      @numberoneolive2464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      It was Chopin his favorite composition. Its really challenging technically, it has everything in it, especially the coda is a beast. But to me as a pianist the voicing and phrasing is the hardest part of this piece. But as another pianist once said its a journey of a lifetime.

    • @samuellopez9633
      @samuellopez9633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@numberoneolive2464 yes! I’m 14, and the voicing is pretty hard,

    • @thenit3vision
      @thenit3vision ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just mindlessly hitting keys on it should be hard. It’s invoking the perfect emotions that take years to master I think.

    • @taronsento
      @taronsento ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Song?

  • @BANHMIZON
    @BANHMIZON 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6455

    Imagine if Chopin hadn't died at the young age of 39...

    • @jolantakobiako483
      @jolantakobiako483 6 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Piękna muzyka Chopina w pewien sposób pojednała tych mężczyzn .Nie czują się wrogami.Na chwilę jakby zapomnieli o wojnie.Myślami są na sali koncertowej.
      Jest to piękna , wzruszająca scena.
      Będę ją pamiętać do końca życia.

    • @TheSeveredTongues
      @TheSeveredTongues 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1086

      he would have died at a later age

    • @peep3879
      @peep3879 6 ปีที่แล้ว +491

      @@TheSeveredTongues youre a big brain lord

    • @pontikipsito46
      @pontikipsito46 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      pretty old for his age

    • @flyingpenandpaper6119
      @flyingpenandpaper6119 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@pontikipsito46 No.

  • @cm-ut9nq
    @cm-ut9nq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +383

    He plays good with cold hands damn

    • @giovanniah1300
      @giovanniah1300 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      indeed whattttt

    • @julio_como_el_mes
      @julio_como_el_mes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The adrenaline

    • @FirstGentleman1
      @FirstGentleman1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Richter said cold hands doesn't matter once you start playing for an audience, they get warm real fast. At least for him. Sviatoslav.

  • @Homeboy8227
    @Homeboy8227 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2785

    "I am... I was a pianist" sad how spilzman, couldn't say he still was since the nazis took that from him. but he still never forgot how to play, I especially admire the scene where he imagines the notes being played while he airplays the piano

    • @cellowbrz9848
      @cellowbrz9848 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ='(

    • @zoibydalobster22
      @zoibydalobster22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Playing the piano is like riding a bike. You never forget how to do it.

    • @Greey16
      @Greey16 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      you never played the piano, have you? lol.

    • @lefinlay
      @lefinlay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He could have just as easily said “I am... was..” about being a teacher, road worker, or scientist.

    • @sacc2388
      @sacc2388 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      about 3 years ago, i used to be able to play fur elise, but ever since we moved, i havent touched one piano. well except for like about 1 month ago. and then when i tried to play fur elise, it didnt work. but im planning to get back into learning how to play the piano properly. I never actually knew hoe to play the piano. i just tought myself how to play fur elise. but it sounded kind of bland. i didnt put emotion into the music

  • @linasuperdina994
    @linasuperdina994 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3068

    I think the fact that he's a pianist makes the whole movie so much more powerful. Instruments are the embodiment of peace and joy, we use instruments to bring up feelings inside of us, to make others happy or sad, and to kill a musician is to kill all of that. This man did nothing to deserve the treatment he got, and the soldier realises that. I really think music can bring us togheter like few other things

    • @meganega3248
      @meganega3248 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      great comment my friend !

    • @allblackblue
      @allblackblue 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      linasuperdina thank you

    • @johnnytastetest
      @johnnytastetest 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Yeah, the piano is important. In the original screenplay he was an expert on the kazoo, but when they did screen tests, it just didn't have the same feel.

    • @saturnascendz
      @saturnascendz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Music is a universal art form no matter who you are.

    • @penchaud1
      @penchaud1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      johnnytastetest this comment had me laughing for ages

  • @danielalamilla8080
    @danielalamilla8080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    The scene in 2:42 having Szpilman playing the most emotional part of the musical piece while showing the German officer physically tired, but more mentally exhausted about everything going on in the world at that time. All with a completely detroyed place on the background. This has to be one of the most iconic direction / photography moments in film history.

    • @AyanaBrushes
      @AyanaBrushes ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And so beautiful

    • @JohnDoe-tw6vr
      @JohnDoe-tw6vr ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That was the driver waiting i think

    • @danielalamilla8080
      @danielalamilla8080 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JohnDoe-tw6vr still a great work by photography

  • @franglish7014
    @franglish7014 7 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    That look he gives makes this scene one of the best "What have we done" moments in cinema history.

  • @goktugblack
    @goktugblack 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3061

    Music has no fatherland; its homeland is the whole universe. Frederic F. Chopin

    • @LeWildSister
      @LeWildSister 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I LOVE HIM HOLY FUCK

    • @milton3204
      @milton3204 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      That's actually false. People ASSOCIATE Chopin's music with nationalism because he incorporated traditional Polish music into his music during a period in which Poland was being invaded by foreign powers like Russia. In fact this so called "Chopin's nationalism" was popularly spread posthumously (after Chopin's death) by Liszt, and various Polish writers and artists in order to revitalize Polish nationalism. Chopin himself believed in "absolute music", that instrumental music needed no programme, stories, or literary inspiration to invigorate itself - that it should be able to speak for itself. Yes, the very idea of nationalism being in his music is antithetical to Chopin's own philosophy.

    • @marchbell
      @marchbell 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Milton, Chopin was very deeply patriotic Pole, coming from a patriotic family, supporting Polish cause everywhere he could, hating Russian occupiers etc. Nothing ugly or narrow-minded about it. Nobody had to "invent" this part, read something more about him before writing your noble intuitions. There is no contradiction in his Polish patriotism and universal quality of his art.

    • @n0b0dy81
      @n0b0dy81 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ferenc Liszt was Hungarian not Polish

    • @karozielo2945
      @karozielo2945 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Liszt Hungarian Chopin Polish /Lengyel Magyar ket jo barat :)

  • @ricardoacosta2838
    @ricardoacosta2838 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1685

    I am a pianist and I knew the second he started playing what piece it was. I was a sobbing mess. No other composer could portray the tragedy like Chopin. Except maybe Beethoven.

    • @salimzenini561
      @salimzenini561 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Stop bragging, if you were such a real pianist you would have noticed that this scene in the movie was speeded. it is impossible to do that part of the song with this haste, even Vladimir Horowitz is not that quick

    • @brandonedwards1181
      @brandonedwards1181 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@salimzenini561 Cancerous comment. How do you know if he hadn't or did? He only mentioned that he recognized the piece being played and not at which speed it was being played at. Peanut brain.

    • @salimzenini561
      @salimzenini561 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@brandonedwards1181 i stand by your comment until you insulted me, we do not insult we argue !

    • @mcflysuntiedshoe9389
      @mcflysuntiedshoe9389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      @@salimzenini561 No, you started with an insult by questioning his background in piano

    • @salimzenini561
      @salimzenini561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​ok then... but he was bragging XD

  • @shadowprincessnami3412
    @shadowprincessnami3412 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1287

    My social studies teacher showed us this in grade 8, through a lot of the movie people weren't paying attention and didn't really care (as many 13 year olds wouldn't) but during this scene everyone was silent.

    • @BlueMaxx86
      @BlueMaxx86 8 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      I also watched in a class. 10th grade, I believe. Same effect. It was sorrowful, his playing and their expressions, and the underlying suspense of not knowing what the German was going to do once he was done playing.

    • @kropeczek22
      @kropeczek22 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Spilmann just though,I don't care if I'm gonna die now... Once I will play like I couldn't do for so long and I'll put all my pain on it... I'll give him my story...

    • @shadowprincessnami3412
      @shadowprincessnami3412 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Be Water what do you mean?

    • @shadowprincessnami3412
      @shadowprincessnami3412 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Be Water okay then..... I don't see where the Marx stuff is coming from but okay.... 😟

    • @shadowprincessnami3412
      @shadowprincessnami3412 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Be Water repeating that does not make me understand where Marxism comes into play. Also it was 8th grade, it was a mandatory course, what's the big deal? It was basically history class.

  • @kennytee6882
    @kennytee6882 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2622

    After witnessing the deaths of so many people at the hands of others, Hosenfeld listening intently to every note that Spzilman played perfectly allowed him to regain that piece of humanity he had probably lost or forgotten about in the Horrors of War.

    • @karenmarieyoung6145
      @karenmarieyoung6145 7 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Kenny Tee Yes! Such a beautiful, insightful comment. Thank you for sharing, I remain grateful even as the realization of your words shatter my heart.

    • @ruslanotarov9727
      @ruslanotarov9727 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kenny Tee Great comment!

    • @carloshumbertocacaofiguero7556
      @carloshumbertocacaofiguero7556 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Supiste expresar de una manera magistral la intención de la escena. Thank you for share it

    • @akeemcampbell6736
      @akeemcampbell6736 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thanks you just help me with my homework... kinda

    • @natisleepy
      @natisleepy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Probably realised that they’re both people. During the war I wouldn’t be surprised if the nazis thought of the Jewish, polish, Lithuanian, gypsy and all the victims as not human.

  • @olliet7739
    @olliet7739 5 ปีที่แล้ว +711

    I saw this when i was much younger and a less experienced pianist. It touched me so deeply I took the music to my piano teacher despite it being far too advanced. We battled for probably about 8/9 months but I mastered it. It's my go to when I need to think, escape, take a moment to myself - it's become one of the most important pieces of music I've ever had the pleasure of hearing.

    • @r.g6170
      @r.g6170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what was your background back then?

    • @lapsemusic579
      @lapsemusic579 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It baffles me that something so beautiful could be written by one person! One of the most moving pieces of music ever!

  • @passcomcompass2623
    @passcomcompass2623 7 ปีที่แล้ว +634

    Officer walks out of building,
    turn to the guards: heard that?! I played that !

    • @drainpig894
      @drainpig894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I wondered the same thing. Perhaps his aides were in on it too?

    • @fquerubin
      @fquerubin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hhe actually played Chopin's nocturne which is quieter.

    • @Mixomatic
      @Mixomatic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Felix Querubin No he played moonlight sonata

    • @sarahkraus8247
      @sarahkraus8247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mixomatic pretty sure he played C#m nocturne

    • @Mixomatic
      @Mixomatic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sarahkraus8247 which one are you talking about? I meant the officer played moonlight sonata when the pianist went back to the attic with his tin can. He didn't really see him playing just listened to the music. That scene is just before this one.

  • @flores5420
    @flores5420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +674

    I love how out of tune he piano is. It matches the pain he faces and his broken life

    • @pianist.fernando.4996
      @pianist.fernando.4996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yessssssss

    • @cyrosubod2317
      @cyrosubod2317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That was the point

    • @jimmyburke3727
      @jimmyburke3727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It pained me to find out the piano is perfectly in tune in the original film😭Bc the out of tune in this video truly did set the feel of the moment

    • @tucody8497
      @tucody8497 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The piano, oddly, is sharp by almost a semitone. Usually when pianos go out of tune it’s because the strings loosen and therefore becomes lower pitched.

  • @mbvglider
    @mbvglider 4 ปีที่แล้ว +595

    Truthfully, I feel like any pianist who hadn't played in years and had one last chance to play something would pick the G Minor Ballade. It's just the perfect piece of music.

    • @UncleBenPackWatch
      @UncleBenPackWatch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The a Major of theme 2 and the coda are my fav parts to play!!!!

    • @mangomerkel2005
      @mangomerkel2005 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I would play Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2

    • @leonardsalinas2002
      @leonardsalinas2002 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mangomerkel2005I would’ve gone with Beethoven’s “Fur Elise”

    • @am.Shub2770
      @am.Shub2770 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'd liked Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata 1st movement

    • @hugfps
      @hugfps 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@leonardsalinas2002💀

  • @diegoe.4639
    @diegoe.4639 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2632

    i almost shit my pants when the russians found him wearing an officer's coat in the movie

    • @Lollerlol12
      @Lollerlol12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Diego E. Ikr?!

    • @Dyunyunechka
      @Dyunyunechka 8 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Diego E. but they were poles...no?

    • @diegoe.4639
      @diegoe.4639 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Anastasia Melnikova im not sure. it could be a possibility

    • @yossarian3x
      @yossarian3x 7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Poles , I can assure you .

    • @walbrzych9975
      @walbrzych9975 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michał Kowalski don't be stupid

  • @TheCrookedPenguin
    @TheCrookedPenguin 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1668

    the magesty of cinema and music creating a magnificent result

    • @Kretek
      @Kretek 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No it cant. It would be great if it could but it is simply not true.

    • @TheCrookedPenguin
      @TheCrookedPenguin 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      what?

    • @winchesterlin2742
      @winchesterlin2742 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TheCrookedPenguin majesty?

    • @baberina1
      @baberina1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bravo!

    • @safiahadji9703
      @safiahadji9703 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheCrookedPenguin
      👍

  • @orsolyaannasari1567
    @orsolyaannasari1567 6 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    What makes this scene so brilliant and powerful is the way Szpilman and Hosenfeld affect each other. By letting him play the piano again, Hosenfeld gives Szpilman the chance to regain part of himself which he had lost: he could be pianist once again. On the other hand, Hosenfeld is fascinated by his talent, and the way he didn't give up, and this gives him a chance to be human, a hero, and a new hope for Szpilman, who had lost all his hopes. It's amazing how they create a few minutes of peace and humanity during a bloody war.

  • @GroundhogDayisAWESOME
    @GroundhogDayisAWESOME 9 ปีที่แล้ว +875

    Adrien Brody DESERVED that Oscar for this!

    • @AwesomeDanielStyles
      @AwesomeDanielStyles 8 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      I think he means the whole Movie and not playing the piano you don't get an Oscar for playing a piano even if it's a really impressive play

    • @abelcolunga9722
      @abelcolunga9722 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Max Walker acud

    • @mutantoyster6425
      @mutantoyster6425 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Max Walker he did win a oscar for this lol

    • @kezzamedic
      @kezzamedic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      kevin Alvarado he meant he deserved the Oscar he got

    • @ClaudeTRONCHE
      @ClaudeTRONCHE 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry you did'nt understand me.Yes It is Just a Movie I KnowlThat.

  • @epicablaze
    @epicablaze 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I had seen this scene before, but returning home from week abroad I decided to sit through the plane ride and watch this magnificent work. Hours of awe. This scene struck me in a way I could not, and still cannot describe. That moment will never repeat itself for me, but I only hope it can for every human being on this planet. Emotionally perfection, beauty incarnate.

  • @failedchemistry
    @failedchemistry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    And since I did not find any mention of this- the brief cut to the German chauffeur by his car shuffling uneasily around outside in the moonlight was an unbelievably underrated moment of genius. In a few seconds of screen time it captured the tension, desolation, uneasiness, loneliness, and discomfiture of the post-apocalyptic war-torn streetscape dramatically awash in the melancholic chiaroscuro-esque beauty of blue tinted moonlight longing for what was and has since ceased to exist. The chauffeur was all of us watching this scene - we are the outsiders, experiencing the moment as it was to him - a distant echo reverberating through the silent ruins of history, with each note of Chopin’s composition transporting us to a fleeting moment of respite.

    • @crisandiana2567
      @crisandiana2567 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Beautifully explained

    • @puraydura
      @puraydura ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nadie éramos el puto chófer que sólamente escuchaba un piano de lejos.Yo como oservador estoy viendo tocar a Szpilman

  • @alzirdeon8236
    @alzirdeon8236 7 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Mr Spilzman's wife came to my school (in France) and I think it's so incredible.. I had been touched so deep in my heart, I can't believe this happened. I feel so lucky to have seen the last person that really knew him

    • @roza0587
      @roza0587 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow, You were really lucky

    • @Jontek
      @Jontek 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr Szpilman...

  • @fel1b0nax
    @fel1b0nax 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1056

    That german officer was Wilm Hosenfeld, he was an hero and he saved many judes from sure death with the risk of the own proper life. He died few months after red soviet army entered in Poland, he died sadly in a soviet prisoners field as a war criminal. I don't know if God exists but i hope now he can rest in peace and watch many humans watch him like an example of what a human should be.

    • @Amelia4144
      @Amelia4144 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Absolutely! Kindest regards from Argentina.

    • @barbaramazur5091
      @barbaramazur5091 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Soviet army entered Poland on 17th of September 1939 so Hosenfeld couldn't die few months after this, as he actually died in 1952 as far as i remember.

    • @LittleBlacksheep1995
      @LittleBlacksheep1995 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It could be Polanski's interpretation but Hosenfeld said it himself in the movie "it's good to have faith". I believe that he's resting in Paradise now. If he doesn't deserve heaven then no one does.

    • @jkl7607
      @jkl7607 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      God does exist...and i am sure he is with him

    • @shmayameir8271
      @shmayameir8271 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@LittleBlacksheep1995 Struggle to commend even his good actions as he was in the Waffen. A truly good man would have refused to serve, and faced the consequences

  • @clinger5520
    @clinger5520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    “All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.” John Steinbeck

    • @Hesheli27
      @Hesheli27 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let us make man in our image

  • @alsenar2
    @alsenar2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2680

    A german officer and a polish pianist in one room. No words. No hate. No racism. Just the magic of the music turning the whole War and hatred into complete nonsense.
    Sadly...we are again in a time of War, hate and racism. And people didn't learn anything from History!...it makes me sad and angry. Wasn't the death of over 60 Million people enough?
    What is wrong with us Humans? We should be a intelligent species...but i can't find that intelligence anymore.

    • @alsenar2
      @alsenar2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      A little quote:" We think that we should separate us from each other with borders and religions...but Earth doesn't look separated from space."

    • @RomPontifex
      @RomPontifex 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      It has nothing to with intelligence. We have plenty of intelligence, we don't have any love. We are an arrogant, selfish species that shows no compassion. We are godless, self-worshiping, consuming parasite and it will only get worse.

    • @Jessica-oy6fe
      @Jessica-oy6fe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Onyx Fire Jesus loves you. He loves you so much, that he's giving you the chance to apologize to Him.

    • @Jessica-oy6fe
      @Jessica-oy6fe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Onyx Fire Seriously, He could easily send us to Hell right now, and give us what we deserve. But, in His mercy, He gives us the chance to repent of our sins, to return to Him, to trust we have been forgiven by Him, because of the torture and death he took for us, and then trust Him to change our hearts. And when we do that--He will give us peace in our hearts, no matter what trials we face.

    • @Hollowedfigure
      @Hollowedfigure 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Jessica Jesus can suck our cocks.

  • @colinmurphy2214
    @colinmurphy2214 8 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    Very powerful scene. Impressive to watch and beautiful to listen to. I highly recommend the movie to anyone who hasn't seen it start to finish yet.

    • @Homeboy8227
      @Homeboy8227 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +beer patzer how can you honestly say it sucked?!?!?!

    • @nitramanyer7990
      @nitramanyer7990 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      fuck you

    • @willpollock7243
      @willpollock7243 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Each to their own I guess. But I suppose opinion sometimes flirts with fiction enough to warrant a response lol. Beautiful movie in every way.

    • @mykonos466
      @mykonos466 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very proud to see Alekhine as your photo

  • @samadheeismail5610
    @samadheeismail5610 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    I stopped playing piano when I was about 17 to focus on school. Years later I watched this movie and it inspired me to play piano again. Today I am learning to play this piece for my ltcl exam.

    • @thegreatone12345678
      @thegreatone12345678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I;m in the same boat right now! stopped when I went to college and now am reinspired thanks to this movie

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am relearning piano 🎹 and learning classical music 🎶 and modern pieces.

  • @jiujiu
    @jiujiu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    One of my favorite movie scenes of all time.

  • @martlad1
    @martlad1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    In his autobiography, "Death of a City", re-printed and re-published as "The Pianist", Szpilman said to the German officer, as soon as he'd finished playing this ballade "Well, are you going to take me outside and shoot me now?"..fully expecting that to be his fate. Thankfully, Capt. Hosenfeld didn't..

    • @Kretek
      @Kretek 10 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Fun fact. He did not played this ballade for german officer in real life. He played Chopin's nocturne No. 1 in C minor. It was changed in the movie.

    • @martlad1
      @martlad1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Thank you!..I am all for historical accuracy!

    • @iLastStar
      @iLastStar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kretek why was it changed ?

    • @ezequielstepanenko3229
      @ezequielstepanenko3229 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've thought I've read somewhere that it was a sonata by Beethoven

    • @nell1251
      @nell1251 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ezequiel Stepanenko well you that article or Whatever is wrong

  • @dreuvasdevil9395
    @dreuvasdevil9395 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Unbelievable performance, they really managed to capture the wildness and agony of the piece, especially the coda. Extremely well done. I've heard dozens of interpretations of this piece, Zimmerman, Pollini, but for some reason I always come back to this video and sit amazed just like the German officer does.

    • @koka3243
      @koka3243 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try listening to von Oeyen's version

    • @ArifFajar2144
      @ArifFajar2144 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You should also try listening to Ivan Moravec. The finest coda I have ever heard, in my opinion.

  • @panzerraven4135
    @panzerraven4135 9 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    Wilhelm hosenfeld hero of humanity ... I salute you

    • @GroundhogDayisAWESOME
      @GroundhogDayisAWESOME 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      STOP OBAMA!

    • @MegaTamer111
      @MegaTamer111 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +Panzer Raven unfortunate for captain wilm hosenfeld, he was sent to a war camp after ww2 and died in 1952 after seven years of hard labour. :( he deserved to live rather than be punished.

    • @vanVoltaire
      @vanVoltaire 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Panzer Raven It's much, much harder to be a human, when you are expected to be a monster. Hosenfold, Franz Stigler... It's funny, they lost their war, so they are called now bad guys. So why we hear more stories about chivalrous Germans, and much less about, for example Russians?

    • @albertog70
      @albertog70 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      or the firebombing of dresden or the nuking of innocent civilians in japan .

    • @healthyperson8214
      @healthyperson8214 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      According to Wikipedia, he saved only 2 Jews, but he has also participated in killing many more Jews. He was a Nazi Captain, and you do not get such a high rank for sitting and doing nothing.
      He was presented as a hero in the movie, but I think that his presence in the movie, was rather linked to the fact, that most of us are somewhat empathetic, soft and humane, when it comes to dealing with certain things, especially the things that we love. He was a nasty Nazi soldier, but he helped a Jew that was in need, and Szpilman played the music that this soldier loved.

  • @paulafrengul9761
    @paulafrengul9761 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    One of the most powerful scenes in the history of cinema. Truly moving.

  • @jagdishdhaygude6588
    @jagdishdhaygude6588 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    *one of the best WW2 movie ever based on a true story I really wish the pianist could have succeeded in saving the German officer*

  • @uppubhai
    @uppubhai 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2346

    I cried when i came to know that german officer died in a soviet labour camp. Wish I had power to go back in history and save this man

    • @alexandrabalaur5482
      @alexandrabalaur5482 8 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      How about over 2 millions of Soviet civilians who died in Germany as a result of forced labour? Would you go back in history and save them? 13,7 millions of Soviet civilians overall? Or at least the Janowska concentration camp orchestra, which consisted of 40 Jewish musicians from Lviv orchestras, and who were all killed while they played before they could be liberated? The German officer died, oh my. He must have come to Warsaw as a tourist, I suppose.

    • @uppubhai
      @uppubhai 8 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      Alexandra Balaur how about i just go in the past and kill hitler ,stalin and chhurchill

    • @alexandrabalaur5482
      @alexandrabalaur5482 8 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I hope that somewhere in a parallel universe this had been done.

    • @TheBimmerfan
      @TheBimmerfan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Churchill was the chief of the good ones, please don't put him together with psychopaths like hitler and stalin. This man had a perfectly clear view over the world's situation, that's worthy even nowadays.

    • @fireemblemistrash75
      @fireemblemistrash75 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      +TheBimmerfan If his view was seen clear, then what man lets a famine begin under his control?

  • @salome3049
    @salome3049 8 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    Who is good and who is evil...who is to judge in this moment when there is only music and two human beings...each suffering in his own way...thanks for movies like The Pianist

    • @kitioppa
      @kitioppa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      One Alexandra I mean... I'm pretty sure we an say the nazi were evil... right?

    • @kitioppa
      @kitioppa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Juancho Alvarado I know I'm hungarian we were fucked the most and did even less to deserve it but still the actions of the nazis can be viewed as evil and if we decide to be understanding and try to see with their eyes instead of dehumanising them into the cartoon vilains of history we will surely find reasons why they thought they are right but in that case what's the point of even using the words good and evil ever

  • @dorothymichaels4996
    @dorothymichaels4996 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I have watched this scen many, many times! The intensity of the German soldier, his facial expressions... and his submission to the sheer beauty of the Chopin!

  • @kingbernard_30
    @kingbernard_30 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3946

    Not all heroes wear capes. One of them wore a Nazi uniform.

    • @miguelmartins9706
      @miguelmartins9706 7 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      King Bernard A German officer uniform you mean.

    • @shezarr1668
      @shezarr1668 7 ปีที่แล้ว +418

      The Wehrmacht wasn't affiliated with the Nazi political party. It was the German Army of the time.

    • @emilyvivian3302
      @emilyvivian3302 7 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      Héctor D P I agree...im half Austrian and half Kiwi...both my Austrian grandparents fathers served in the war...they were forced to...it was either keep their family safe or die...

    • @perpetualconfusion5885
      @perpetualconfusion5885 6 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      you're half fruit?

    • @tonymaccaroni1683
      @tonymaccaroni1683 6 ปีที่แล้ว +235

      Many Germans risked their lives to save jews from their own government. Being ruled by evil forces doesn't mean that all people living inside thise regime have lost all their humanity.

  • @rudiratlos8493
    @rudiratlos8493 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Actually, I consider this one of the most powerful and moving scenes in cinema history. I've got to watch this over and over again.

  • @tales3753
    @tales3753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Can you imagine what szpilman felt when he played "ballade in G minor"? He thought he was going to die, so he interpreted the composition as if his life depended on it, it is not a simple interpretation of the piece, but an interpretation that was worth his life for sure.
    He chose this song as if it were the last one he was going to play.
    He played as if he didn't hear tomorrow, I doubt that any live pianist will be able to arrive at the REAL interpretation of szpilman in this scene. The film tried to approximate the facts, but I'm sure the interpretation was unique in real life.
    I have to say, as a pianist, I'm very happy.

    • @HysteriaVybe
      @HysteriaVybe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well actually apparently he played nocturno but the people decided on ballade in g minor because it represented his loneliness

    • @tales3753
      @tales3753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HysteriaVybe yes, when i wrote that comment, i didn't know that the nocturne was played instead of ballade no 1.

    • @HysteriaVybe
      @HysteriaVybe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tales lmao

    • @tales3753
      @tales3753 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HysteriaVybe Still I think it closes well with this "fanciful" part of the movie hahahah.
      but I confess to be embarrassed, because a grade 6 piano conservatory student like me should know that ahaha

    • @HysteriaVybe
      @HysteriaVybe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tales I don’t because I just watched the movie and was in love with it and I only found this out because it was said it the upper comments

  • @roxannaz2683
    @roxannaz2683 9 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    I admire this piece so much, I'm learning it now. Shame he didn't play the entire piece, it's 9 minutes long.

    • @marecku21
      @marecku21 7 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      That's why he didn't play it. I think, for the purposes of the film, a full 9 minute piece would have killed the dramatic flow of the scene and the film.

    • @thegreenpianist7683
      @thegreenpianist7683 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      sAkram what?

    • @mehdizazoua7122
      @mehdizazoua7122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      sAkram Exactly bro! Thank you

    • @cranez006
      @cranez006 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nail on the head. That's exactly what they did, and quite well, I must say.

    • @ukaszRozyo
      @ukaszRozyo 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      the most popular vide :)

  • @hp9118
    @hp9118 7 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    R.I.P.. Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld

  • @bobsum1745
    @bobsum1745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I'm old, but my eyes are full of water when I see The Pianist, especially this scene. May be because my family didn't make it, thru Warsaw's Ghetto. I never had grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins, they all gone. Only my Mother has survived. She's now almost ninety and now I take care of here. I don't even ask her what she thinks about that movie. It's so painful.

    • @sandrawatchestv8146
      @sandrawatchestv8146 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wish the best to you and your mother. It was such a horrible time that no living Jews can forget even until this day.

  • @Alex-df6ux
    @Alex-df6ux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This scene made me cry like a baby, it's so powerful ... The looks, the music, the atmosphere ...

    • @PaulRudd1941
      @PaulRudd1941 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm glad this movie is on youtube for free. It deserves to be watched by all.

  • @gulnarsahmarova6941
    @gulnarsahmarova6941 10 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I watched many times, but I can watch over and over ...my best

  • @saido45
    @saido45 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I'm so glad they found a way to fit the coda in here even though they had to shorten it. This has been my favorite piece for so long and never one time has it failed to give me the chills.

  • @umitbilgi86
    @umitbilgi86 9 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    I cry so much on this movie

    • @ioana183695
      @ioana183695 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +gazmanmuuh .muhh Me either .A truly masterpiece which states a single truth:Nobody can give you what you never had, and nobody can take what is yours. And don't be upset, maybe someday you won't have any reason to cry.Greetings

    • @roxsywalencia322
      @roxsywalencia322 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +gazmanmuuh .muhh oh you're not the only one, I start crying from this scene until the end... My favorite movie, Adrien&Thomas, my favorite actors

  • @loner.720
    @loner.720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    earlier in the movie you can notice that he pretends to play the piano in his mind, people call him crazy but i call it a true love of music...he wants to play the piano with all his heart, but he couldnt risk the piano making noise and attract the soldiers attention and kill him..a true pianist..

  • @andwhat5248
    @andwhat5248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Its the change from a major chord to a minor chord he hits at 1:07 that captivates my attention. Literally powerful.

  • @alexand191
    @alexand191 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    i remember the first time i saw this movie, I was so disturbed. Such a beautiful scene..

  • @10mimu
    @10mimu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    They should've let the A major section, not skip half of the piece, even if time is sparing in the film

    • @agamaz5650
      @agamaz5650 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      agreed i was dissapointed

    • @hlardi4329
      @hlardi4329 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Human Effigy parts of the song was skipped since when szpilman was actually playing it he played only half then a tank interrupted it
      After the war he continied the other half

    • @Jonbo117
      @Jonbo117 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Red Icarus Two different songs bro.

    • @nandoflorestan
      @nandoflorestan 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I expected more from Polanski. You don't shoosh the most magnificent genius of your own country like that. Completely ruins the film for me -- the disrespect of watering down one of the most important aspects of the story.

  • @odimor382
    @odimor382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thomas kretschmann amazed me in this scene, this kind of intelligence in his scene, this kind of caring attitude, with Chopin in the background.. made me adore him forever

  • @AestheticMotivation-jb7jr
    @AestheticMotivation-jb7jr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    This piece is composed by a genius composer as it's Chopin, who else could be!

  • @Li-wt8hi
    @Li-wt8hi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    When he plays, I have the impression that he speaks about the war. The
    quiet period then when everything crowds then calms down him but the
    horror of the war returns. I have difficulty in putting words
    on what this play makes me feel...
    sorry for the bad english ( French people )

  • @dmtdreamz7706
    @dmtdreamz7706 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Then I heard a new sound: a living sound, like the richest, most complex, most beautiful piece of music you've ever heard. Growing in volume as a pure white light descended, it obliterated the monotonous mechanical pounding that, seemingly for eons, had been my only company up until then. The light got closer and closer, spinning around and around and generating those filaments of pure white light that I now saw were tinged, here and there, with hints of gold.

  • @dezontk101
    @dezontk101 8 ปีที่แล้ว +788

    So somber! Europe in ruins, that German Officer playing a part of Hitlers stupid fanatical game, yet he has authority over nothing in this scene. Szpilman becomes the authority in the room, playing the piano flawlessly. The officer sits down behind him, loses himself, forgets about the war raging on outside of the windows. And just watches a master at work. And it just reaffirms what he already knows, that the war is corrupt and evil, without reason. In social standings, Szpilman lives high above him, and he knows that. Szpilman uses his music to let out all of his emotion about how his life has changed, about the war and also his anger inside. He says everything he wants to say about what the Germans have done, using his music. Great cinema.

    •  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      exactly this, man.

    • @WolfySnackrib666
      @WolfySnackrib666 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Sam W You fail, brainwashed kind.

    • @nv7287
      @nv7287 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      +Sam W The real officer behind this story to know he was actually a hero that died tortured to death by communists en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilm_Hosenfeld
      Its not that he was powerless - at least I don't think so... but simply believed in beauty and saving what he could. If he paused it is because for a rare moment in that ugly time he saw something that really was worth saving (then calculating the risk to his own family to do so)

    • @enriquefau8974
      @enriquefau8974 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Sam W In social standings the German Officer lived much higher than the pianist. Military carreer is as demanding and respectful as being any kind of musician can be. Plus this Officer in particular was a hero, killed by communist scums.

    • @raymendez2271
      @raymendez2271 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Gran Torino Jaja Because of that Scum and the British The German Nazi lost the War

  • @bengarcia8202
    @bengarcia8202 8 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    when the captain turns away after adrien brody starts playing....he knew what was coming

  • @danielhoven570
    @danielhoven570 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The piano catches an element of the human soul, in the same way the violin plays the strings of the heart.

  • @lucassouza5370
    @lucassouza5370 8 ปีที่แล้ว +648

    Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, great human being

    • @muhammadaqsathfaza9532
      @muhammadaqsathfaza9532 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      and sadly he's died in soviet labour camp

    • @alexandrasoroca8868
      @alexandrasoroca8868 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The prisoners built houses, if that's of any consolation for you. They built houses to replace the ones their army had previously levelled to the ground. One of my friends lives in such a house built by German prisoners. It's very quiet, I love sleeping there.

    • @lucassouza5370
      @lucassouza5370 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jorsh Jager He didn't hate, so...who cares?

    • @_ivanche
      @_ivanche 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the niceist movie i ever seе!!! I аdvise еverybody to watch it :) twitter.com/fb99d4e69bafa7667/status/795841699654213632 Chopin Bаllаde in G Minor Scеne TТTТhe Pianist

    • @MilkHS
      @MilkHS 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      stfu

  • @LiamCuthbert
    @LiamCuthbert 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    the reality of war is the only thing that determines your enemy is the flag they bare, if not for that flag, would you still call them an enemy? or a potential friend? even potential loved one? Sometimes we all just need to take a step back and listen, music bares no flag and the language it speaks can be interpreted by all.

  • @johnpendell9042
    @johnpendell9042 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I love how there are TINY little mistakes in the performance to show how long its been since he played. Such attention to detail. I hate this movie because of it's vivid realism but keep it close because of its emotional power

    • @tristan1042
      @tristan1042 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s prolly just him

  • @hayajbee6679
    @hayajbee6679 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    RIP Hosenfeld

  • @jackzhang631
    @jackzhang631 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    loves how his nose turns red whenever it faces light.

    • @Homeboy8227
      @Homeboy8227 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I always thought that was such a nice detail, definitely helped add to the starving and hiding jew image

    • @ryanricks3002
      @ryanricks3002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that actor just has huge nose lol like a beak .. but he was cool in king Kong

    • @danielw5850
      @danielw5850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All credit to the Director and the Cinematographer on this movie; those minute details can be overlooked, thinking the audience won't appreciate them, but this begs to differ :)

  • @roxanne4820
    @roxanne4820 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been playing piano for over a decade and Ballad 1 is one piece I keep coming back to and will always have a special place in my heart. It was by are the most loved piece that people tipped me for the most when I played in public. I think it has a special place in everyone's hearts.

  • @GIguy
    @GIguy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @josephsaliba79
    @josephsaliba79 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    this film is a master piece....

  • @ShirleyLyMusic
    @ShirleyLyMusic ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This scene inspired me to start composing classical music when I was 15. Without this scene, I would have never started.

    • @asinatrafanatic2697
      @asinatrafanatic2697 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope your still going strong.

    • @ShirleyLyMusic
      @ShirleyLyMusic ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! I try! Hope you are!@@asinatrafanatic2697

  • @pianoshaman2807
    @pianoshaman2807 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My favorite scene of all times. Really illustrates that music can transcend an individual beyond the societal imposition of his active role. I was prompted to learn this piece actually. Surprisingly this piece is actually 9:34 minutes with a huge chunk of beauty that was cut out. The catharsism cannot be achieved without listening to the full version! Took me three years to learn this, worth every second.

  • @sarahjamal86
    @sarahjamal86 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the most powerful scenes in the whole movie, it shows how two humans can communicate and have sympathy towards each others without words ... the german officer did the scene perfectly despite the madness that was going on back then, he could show human emotions ... wars lead to no where else but below our humanity...

  • @iNTERS22
    @iNTERS22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I bet when Chopin wrote this piece, he had no idea that one day it could save someone's life!

  • @monsieurcandie8894
    @monsieurcandie8894 10 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    This scene is so powerfull, the Jew playing the piano next to a Nazi officer, playing a melancholy song, expressing all his sorrows, his frustrations through the piano and the officer just admiring him in silence.. i will always remember this movie!! i really have no words to describe how i feel about it

    • @salimzenini561
      @salimzenini561 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      you just used a bunch of words dude

  • @jaggers_090
    @jaggers_090 8 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    I love how they get an actual pianist to play the role instead of just overlaying music on what seems to be the correct notes

    • @Gold-ub3be
      @Gold-ub3be 8 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Actually, he (the actor) learned how to play the piano just for the role, so that it would be more believable and so that the role would come across as more authentic - Fun fact

    • @christofferenfors3676
      @christofferenfors3676 8 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      the first part maybe 30 sec. Is Brody playing. The virtuoso part that comes after is a renowned polish pianist. Brody isnt actually a pianist😅

    • @jaggers_090
      @jaggers_090 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      i under stand, but what i mostly meant is that atleast they are playing the RIGHT NOTES, most piano movies jus thave the actor play what looks like the right notes

    • @johnqdoeII
      @johnqdoeII 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Brody isn't playing. It's Janusz Olejniczak.

    • @mbvglider
      @mbvglider 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Until about 0:50, I do believe it's Brody playing because it honestly sounds pretty awful. After the short rest, when the main melody starts, everything sounds much more professional and I believe that's when the switch happens.

  • @thehaseeb9136
    @thehaseeb9136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This piece is a literal interpretation of how at first he was living a elegant happy life and then life full of sorrows and disturbances 😔

  • @sporty1701
    @sporty1701 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the finest movies you'll ever see...very moving performances, wonderful music and
    great cinematography. Wladyslaw Szpilman was much more than just a gifted pianist.

  • @AlmondRed
    @AlmondRed 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Did he think the Nazi wouldn't notice that he cut the piece short

    • @AustinFVIXV
      @AustinFVIXV 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      AlmondRed Lol, the actual piece is 10 minutes long and i dont think youd want to watch 10 minutes of this piece, as beautiful as it is, it gets the point across the way it is

    • @drainpig894
      @drainpig894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just to reiterate what someone else said, this officer was not a member of the Nazi party, it's an important distinction, because a Nazi would not have saved him, however much he appreciated the music, well, that's if they were capable of appreciating anything beautiful, questionable, eh?

    • @miravespania
      @miravespania 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wahaha lol people wouldntwant to see the full 10 mins of this cos its not the main point

    • @nitra01
      @nitra01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They cut it in a way where no happy parts of the piece are heard

    • @モイスツ
      @モイスツ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      bountY the part they cut out sounds too happy/triumphant to me. It’s a shame, I really like that part

  • @eneidasanchez3854
    @eneidasanchez3854 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As I watched the movie I felt like it this particular scene which to me is one of the MOST amazing movie scenes of all time. This Ballade in particular is a close personal favorite of mine. But during this scene as I watched the emotion play out over the Germain officers face and the pianist posture and just absolute love for this instrument I got the sense that in these moments the officers soul was being crushed under the weight of this mans tragedy. For the first time the officer was seeing the other side and it didn't really hit him until he took a seat. As he's sitting there in 1:32 it's like he's saying to himself 'what have I been doing?' This piece/scene is so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.

  • @ВладиславКривенко-ь7у
    @ВладиславКривенко-ь7у 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Janusz Olejniczak is amazing. The best Chopin's interpretation.

    • @cynthiabeltran1680
      @cynthiabeltran1680 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A fantastic pianist. I could attend one of his performances in Buenos Aires (2004) Chopin Piano Concerto #2, but I guess that the best version in history belongs to Sviatoslav Richter who never cared about being recorded and chosed to record some works, never coplete editions. A master who was a friend of Sergei Prokofiev's.

    • @johntechwriter
      @johntechwriter ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, an extraordinary performance of a piece whose technical challenges kept all but virtuosi from exploring its depths of emotion.

  • @Techsystemes
    @Techsystemes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the best movies I've ever seen. This scene still gives me goose bumps.

  • @danjtitchener
    @danjtitchener 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    And I thought the pressure was on when playing Chopin for piano exams....

  • @momonkeymoproblems4633
    @momonkeymoproblems4633 10 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    I found it hard to believe the pianist's fingers would move so fluidly after being in the cold for such a long time, especially after months of not playing. Brilliant scene but would have been better if he had started playing a bit rougher then progressing to the perfect climax. Considering he was playing for his life, a rougher start would have added to the tension before the office took his seat.

    • @momonkeymoproblems4633
      @momonkeymoproblems4633 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *officer

    • @selmeczy-tamas
      @selmeczy-tamas 10 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Hi! You may be right, but I think there was enough tension in this scene, more tension might have been too arty. Anyway it is just a film, otherwise the piano itself would have been untuned in the given circumstances. But all these things are not important, the message comes over, and touches the heart..

    • @momonkeymoproblems4633
      @momonkeymoproblems4633 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tamás Selmeczy Very true. My ability in suspension of disbelief has taken a battering from the nonsense that gets spewed from Hollywood, I shouldn't let it spoil a genuine masterpiece :)

    • @LisztianGR
      @LisztianGR 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You do well not to believe. In reality, Władysław Szpilman played the Nocturne in C-sharp minor. No way he'd be able to perform the Ballade in such a bad condition.

    • @LordAntherion
      @LordAntherion 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi! Considering from the playing for his life aspect you may be right. But as you said, it's been a very long time since he last played. He couldn't have started rougher than he did. Imagine you 're back home from a war that lasted for months and you meet your beloved wife after so long. And you use your fingers to remember how her skin feels. How rougher would you have started mate...? ;)

  • @water.8622
    @water.8622 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Who else could compose pain so beautifully?

  • @knoxmoon3568
    @knoxmoon3568 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This movie made my heart bleed. Ive never been so grateful for the hand Ive been dealt.

  • @mykeegetsit
    @mykeegetsit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just watched this on netflix 2mins ago, been wanting to watch it for a long time, and its one of my favorite songs to listen to.

    • @drainpig894
      @drainpig894 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just watched it on Netflix too. I found it very moving, glad I took the time.

  • @skkane
    @skkane 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful filming. That light plus the foggy cold breath... awesome cinematography.

  • @eliasascui5981
    @eliasascui5981 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Such a powerful, amazing scene!!

  • @CristianPintea
    @CristianPintea 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Playing for his life :) Amazing scene!

  • @CarlosBarros-nr2ye
    @CarlosBarros-nr2ye 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still remember watching this on cinema so many years ago.
    No one said a word, complete silence. We were just in ow.

  • @nikiiankov7566
    @nikiiankov7566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Art is stronger than war! The music, the scene, the silence at the end!

  • @nixboaski
    @nixboaski ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The first time I heard this piece was with this scene. I thought that the pauses, the repetition of the notes and the strange rhythm of his performance was related to his precarious state: hungry, skinny, cold and terryfied of the naz1 in front of him. It perfectly fits this scene and all the emotions that it is supposed to present to a point that you can just hear the audio and feel it. Just imagine my surprise when I first listened to a record of the entire piece to find out that it was all there: the pauses, the repetition of some notes, the strange rhythm.
    This is an amazing piece and I can't listen to it without thinking about this movie. I've been learning it as an amateur for some years now and even after some time I can't not think about this secen everytime I get my eyes on the sheet.

  • @McRobPoint
    @McRobPoint ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The moment he started to play the finale presto my eyes reared up and I got goosebumps all over my body. The way he put everything in that performance while facing - what he thought was - death, is nothing less than absolute spectacular! I don’t think I’ll ever forget this movie and especially this part!

  • @miravespania
    @miravespania 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My first encounter with Chopin. This is such a touching scene. This scene has inspired me to start learning this piece

  • @m1co294
    @m1co294 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Many think the German officer spared him because of his talent. It was very likely that was only a fraction of the case. The officer that Szpilman encountered was Wilm Hosenfeld, and he was someone we would call a "good Nazi" much like Oscar Schindler, and Szpilman was just one of the many he would save during the war. He died in Soviet captivity.