Humanism In The Pianist

(The Pianist)
The Pianist is 2002 biographical film that was directed by Roman Polanski and follows the life of a pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman through the six years phase of World War II. Wladyslaw Szpilman is a Jewish pianist who works at a radio station in Poland, but it is unfortunate that the Polish army is defeated by the German’s as they bomb and invade their country. Although most of the scenes in the film display inhuman activities as the German soldiers mistreat and kill the Jews, the paper will discuss the depiction of humanistic side presented through the life events of the protagonist. First, the Wladyslaw Szpilman who is the leading character is used to display humanism as his friend named Andrzej Bogucki helps him to run away and hide from the German soldiers who would have killed Szpilman. It is important to note that this was a humanistic act since Bogucki who saved the protagonist was a non-Jew, “Humanity seems doomed to do more evil than good. The greatest ideal on earth is human love”. As the film highlights, there was a rivalry between the Jews and non-Jews during the war, hence the difficulty of another group saving a person from a different community. Regardless, Wladyslaw Szpilman’s friend was interested in human well-being and that why he found interest in ensuring that he finds his way …show more content…
Notably, Wladyslaw Szpilman’s family had gone for days without eating anything; however, his father shows his interest in people’s wellbeing when he decides to use his last 20 zlotys to buy a piece of candy from a young boy so that they can share as a family. Arguably, if Szpilman’s father was heartless, he would have refused to share the small pieces of candy with the other family members since they were small to satisfy