HST 230    Film: The Pianist (2002)

Discussion Questions
1. What did you learn about the Warsaw ghetto that we didn’t cover 
	in class?
2. Describe Wladyslaw Szpilman’s effort to hide from the Nazis.
3. Describe the various people who helped Szpilman hide?  Compare
	and contrast their efforts with those of Oskar Schindler and Père Jean.
4. Why do you think the German officer (Hosenfeld) didn’t kill Szpilman?
5. Be a film reviewer.  What did you think of the film as a work of art 
	and entertainment?