‘Extraordinary’ war film with almost perfect rating with ‘mesmerising’ | Films | Entertainment
One of the best films of a generation that left theatre goers in tears as they left the cinema is available to watch in the comfort of your home. While some war films like 1917 or Hacksaw Ridge keep you on the edge of your seat with cinematic depictions of the trenches, with each bullet and mortar making your nerves twitch, others take a look at what was happening far from the front line.Taking a look at just as devastating a story, 2002’s The Pianist stars two-time Academy Award winner Adrian Brody in his first Oscar-winning performance as Władysław Szpilman.The film is based on Szpilman's autobiographical book of the same name, released in 1946.His memoir follows his life as a Polish-Jewish pianist and composer in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of Poland. From being forced into a ...