5 Nov 2003 UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland 2002 150 min Director: Roman Polanski The true story of celebrated composer and pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman. At the outbreak of World War Two, Szpilman’s world changes from that of concert halls is to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw. In the brutality and devastation of occupied Warsaw he… Continue reading The Pianist
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Downfall
Der Untergang 25 Jan 2006 Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel Germany, Italy, Austria 2004 156 min Traudl Junge, Hitler’s personal secretary, witnesses the last days of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich in a bunker in Berlin. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of the bunker, Hitler’s mood turns from unjustified optimism to defiance and then to rage at… Continue reading Downfall