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  • This is the only song I can always study to without fail. Who was I in a past life?

  • Awsome, but Vladmir Ashkenazy plays it better.... :D

  • if the video is buffering, hold the down arrow and you can play snakes :D

  • It is truly unfortunate how Captain Wilm Hosenfield, just being a regular soldier in WWII, dies in a camp. Btw is this a Szpilman recording?

  • @PhalangitePower

    It's Mr. Janusz Olejniczak

  • @Fer1659 Thanks. This is b far the BEST recording i have heard of this piece.

  • not all the Germans were bad, not all people of any race are bad, sometimes people just get a monstor as a leader because he was a wolf in sheeps clothing.

  • @gg63lackey indeed

  • Once again, the comments have stole the focus of this piece. Views on Israel, the Middle East, WWII aside, this piece is immense. I'd like to load a video of a beautiful piece of music just once to find that people aren't tearing each other new ones just because youtube affords them anonymity.

  • my favourite part is from 1:48 till 2:33 <3.<3

  • 1:07 = Eargasm

  • É maravilhoso a diversidade de ritmos nesta musica, os diversos lugares que ela te levam é extremamente maravilhoso! GRATA por tal composição

  • one would think that the comments would be about the breath- takingly beautiful piece of music but instead it's an arguement about jews. (don't get offended because i am a jew)

  • @vortexofweird I agree - I am sorry to say that there still plenty of jew-baiters on this list - so shameful - and very sad....

  • The political argument which goes on in the comments is an insult to the beauty of this music. Music, especially as divine as Chopin's should be free from such lowly debates attached to it...Just enjoy it. Like I do here in Israel. Chopin just brings out the soul of the piano...truly amazing.

  • I loved this movie with all my heart, yes the love for piano brought me to the movie, but i had no idea there would be a whole story behind just a man with a beautiful talent. In the movie as i saw him play and i saw the silent shock on the officer, well i knew that he could never kill a man with such talent. In many other scenes i just became overwhelmed, but by far this song was my favorite that he played. it means courage and pride (:

  • I don´t understand why people are not learning from history. What the nazis did in the WW2 was so horrible. And feelings like hostility and intolerance against jews, muslims, against any religion, race ... provoke actions like this.

    And I really love chopin :)

  • @Scorpiocracy And God Bless the United States of America

  • @mpetaia90 haha that's funny. actually not really. shut up.

  • @mpetaia90 sorry that was rude. you just annoyed me for a second there.

  • @scorseseboy I don't get it. What did he/she say wrong?

  • @mpetaia90 God bless that war starting gun legalising crime inducing all-round fat asses and stupid cunts filled country...

  • extraordinaire

    

  • you know, the only thing that i dislike of this movie is that is making publicity for the Jewish, making look like that they are poor, and indefense, but look now at Palestina, and you will see how now the Jewishs are equal or worst with the palestine ppl. :(

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  • @Bruce88keys First man, i don't insult you, and second, i don't condene ALL Jewish people, i am just saying that what the Jewish are doing in Israel with the palestines is Inhuman, and if you are Jewish, well, i don't really care about you, because you aren't doing stuff like that, but well, is all up to you. Thank the Jewish? Get down on my knees? Ok some people will say you F)!·% You, but you know, i am christian, and well , i just say that is a little exaggerated. All people deserves respect

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  • @Bruce88keys Ok so i don't need to anwser that, just because you speak in Hebrew , that doesn't mean that i can´t read it(Google, of course), and seems like you are a fanboy of the Jewish, and second i am from Chile, SouthAmerica, and i am not a Palestian. Well i will have to block you because, the moron is you, fuzzing and bothering around, so i am sorry, i don't want to waste my precious time answering stuff to people that just don't understand, so i will block you.

  • @X3onInside the funny thing is, both of you spelled Palestinian wrong. *awkward* I personally agree on your statement what SOME Jewish people are doing to Palestinians, and I also respect Bruce's statement off of what the Jewish people have done for us. You are a Christian because of Jewish people. Christianity is just an extension of Judaism so Jews really did build the foundation for Christianity.

  • @michellemccuistion1 thks man for your kind words, and yes i agree 100% with you

  • @X3onInside lol I'm a girl. And I'm not even a woman. I am 10 years old XD

  • @michellemccuistion1 i dont think judaisim is the problem in the middle east today. under the ottomans everyone lived in peace. it is zionism that gives jews and humans in general a bad name. zionism is no different then nazi germany. i would think a civilization that has been through the holocaust would know something about human rights. i dont respect zionist or israel. not all jews are like the zionists

  • @hpbrown1 How inappropriate - to compare Israel to Nazi Germany

  • @shishirth but it is appropriate. any civilization that has suffered such a traumatic event as a genocide, any body would think, they of all people would be more considered when it came to equality and freedom. rather the ZIONIST israel, not orthodox jewish israel, is committing a genocide of its own

  • @hpbrown1 Israel is not committing a genocide of its own. There are 2 million non-Jewish Arabs who have Israeli citizenship and can live normal lives. Israel has every right to defend itself from Arab terrorists in Gaza and the West Bank. Moreover, about half of Israel's Jewish population fled from other Arab nations unwilling to let Jews live in peace. Israel is a victim of Arab Islamic intolerance. Israel is a valiant nation simply trying to survive against all odds.

  • @shishirth arab intolerance of jews does exist. nobody would deny that. but how could it not when united states and england took land from them gave it to a third party who then instilled policies like the samson doctrine and other violent policies. a poor palestenian has no chance against a well structured economically fit israel army. israel is doing the kiling and a genocide. u cant deny it. im just being real and if u cant accept that then ur knowingly denying the truth

  • @hpbrown1 There once were thriving Jewish communities all over the Middle East - in Yemen, in what is now Saudi Arabia, in Syria, in Jordan, in Egypt - today there are no Jews left in any of the nations - isn't that a genocide of Jews? And where are Jewish refugees from the Arab nations supposed to go - jump into the Mediterranean? The Palestinian population gets more aid per capita than any other people - and their growth rate has been more than double the Jewish growth. How is that genocide?

  • @shishirth lets just agree to disagree

  • @Bruce88keys what are you talking about? you're callin her stupid? look at how retarded your comment is.

    and then jews ask why is that everyone hates them.

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  • @Bruce88keys typical response from a dead brain ! how old are you? 5?

  • @X3onInside such an inappropriate and insensitive comment...

  • :)

  • yes the German Nazi soldier is in love with the pianist

  • there are nine HITLERS

  • @007gpo That comment made my night.

  • love it

  • Who's the pianist??

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  • this is the best performance ever :)

  • Find out, when great Arturo Michelangeli started to play piano and you will be suprised!

  • 1:50 <3

  • i have some problems with expressing my true feelings, but i always dreamed of getting to my girfriends house and just sit at the piano and play something like this, it would explain enough.

  • I'm young and I love "the Pianist" and Chopin but I like cool music too the proof teenagers can like old and new music ^^ (sorry if my english suck I'm french ^-^" )

  • This is a very beautiful piece. The scene this is played in is a very beautiful one as well. Such a great movie of how music inspires survival and determination. Even as a young adult, I adore and appreciate classics such as this one. Today's generation misses out on so much these days just because it's not the "coolest" thing to listen to. Well, I say screw that, this is great music. Lady Gaga can wait.

  • I guess 8 people don't like Chopin.

  • Ending is absolutley magnificent.......

  • 7:11

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  • Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

  • @SilentHillEmzie it's never too late. try doing it now! :) we must always learn and be better

  • i'm only 14 and i love classical music. we watched this in a histpry lesson and i was moved by how amazing the music in the film was and how brave he was :D i wish i'd learned to play the piano earlier, i think it's a bit late now. never mind. i like to listen.

  • @SilentHillEmzie It's never too late. I started at 16 with no teacher, check my channel if you want to know my progression (22 now). Playing the piano is very relaxing.

  • @SilentHillEmzie 14? Thats not a bad age! Do it! you'll succeed in things that you like! :)

  • this song brings so many different emotions to the surface. beautiful in every way.

  • Im only 17, and i listen to indie rock, reggae, and such! but i would be lying if i say that classical music is boring, cause its not!! after watching The Pianist i became very interested in classical music, such as Chopin... i love it ♥

  • Beautiful ... Thumbs up ...

  • masterpiece. masterpiece. masterpiece.

  • As a pianist you wait a long time to hear something that will catch your attention or blow you away...This took my breath away..I literally couldn't breath after listening to the most amazing piece of music I've ever heard in my life!! I aspire to play like this someday, yet I know that it is merely impossible, Chopin was a true genius..and is my hero and inspiration

  • Amo a Chopin

    

  • His name was Fryderyk Szopen!

  • God bless you Captain Wilm Hosenfeld.

  • @apsCee well there had to be at least one german who wasnt evil :D

  • @apsCee Captain Wilm Hosenfeld is one of the many examples of a "good German" during WWII. God bless all the courageous Germans who opposed Nazi oppression. God bless the innocent victims of WWII.

  • @Scorpiocracy

    He knew the war was over. He just wanted to be less rude and to be saved after war.

    That's all, that's not a hero. Save one man, don't apologize for killing thousands more.

  • @Scorpiocracy There were only 0,1 procent were like Wilm Hosenfeld, the Germans were pigs.

  • @nielscarp @TheMsEconomic Well let's be honest. If your country was as fascistly strict as WWII Germany was, would you oppose them? It's easy to say "I would" because the majority of us probably never experienced it and never will. But maybe Hosenfeld was trying to make himself look good. He still saved lives, even if it was for a reputation.

  • @nielscarp What ever societal group you represent sir, was in fact just hideously misrepresented by yourself. "There were only 0,1 procent were like Wilm Hosenfeld" Need I say more?

  • @gruzitect Well my English is not perfect.

  • @nielscarp Oh .... ok......sorry.

  • @Scorpiocracy So, your god should bless the victims of a war he let happened? If he is all-knowing and loving, I call bullshit.

  • @Doum92 Wow! Really? You're response is that? Look, I may not be a strong Christian[or heavily religious], but "God bless" is among the least I can say for the 60 million lives lost during WWII, both Allies AND Allies alike. Think what you want! Believe what you want! I don't care for ignorant opinions. You're free to think what you want to. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. So God bless you too, @ Doum92. LOL =)

  • @Scorpiocracy Hahaha. Ignorant opinions. Said by the one saying ''God bless'' about World War 2. You are so dumbfuck that you don't even realize how fucking stupid it is to say that. Saying ''God bless'' and ''Hitler bless'' is the same thing.

  • @Doum92 Ahahaha you ARE ignorant. Ahaha just enjoy the lovely music, you turd. The past is the past...your beliefs are yours...mine are mine. =)

  • @Scorpiocracy I know I win this because you used the ''No u'' argument. Sucks to be you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @Doum92 Haaaa! WRONG! It's just that there is no point in arguin' with you because in the end you'll STILL have your opinions and I'll have mine. c(x

  • @Scorpiocracy "one of the many examples" not that many actually...less than in other countries

  • @aLou280 I believe there were many Germans (never heard of or maybe even credited) who helped save lives from their own government during WWII.

  • @apsCee God bless Oskar Schindler too :)

  • @MrDewy67 Schindler´s List...without a doubt

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  • They cut off the beginning! NOOOO!

  • hermosa simple mente hermosa

  • Musica bellissima....grande

  • i THE PIANIST

  • @PERUTECHNO tocame este entonces!!!!

  • @sickbiker000 LOL

    

  • Indómito.

    Amazing.

  • SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GREAT !

  • 7:12 - 7:35 my nigga chopin, did you just pull a fucking ragtime there?

  • this music moves my soul...brings me new life. thank you for posting.

  • 6 now

  • thanks for uploading this, ive lost count of the amount of times ive listened to this today whilst doing history revision :) thanks :D

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  • to go through all that trama and devistation and sit down and play something so beutiful is amazing..

  • Chopin. Thank God.

  • I would gladly give a testicle to be able to play like that. (=

  • @xXmicktheknifeXx i wolud do the same ... even two D:

  • So sad )=

  • m hungry neone gotta snickers

  • vaime vaime da vaime shoki mivige am filmisgan

  • @lazydreamereyes You left out a few capital letters you big punk.

  • Chopin is such a genius. and again, I stated the obvious.

  • you guys are kids, who cares about grammar? grow up. instead of insulting each other, y dont u make some comments about the video?

  • i love his song and chopin and the pianist... chopin is brilliant! if inspiration is what got him to make these bautiful peices then his was probably a good one.

  • who played this?

  • I bet that ss killed a lot of people.... Maybe not

  • In a letter written to the daughter of George Sand, Chopin himself describes a moment, during a performance of his Sonata in B flat minor in England in 1848 at a private salon, when he saw creatures emerging from his piano which forced him to leave the room to recover himself.

    The most likely explanation for Chopin's visions, say the Spanish doctors, is a form of the medical condition epilepsy called temporal lobe epilepsy...

    I believe is a spiritual problem...

  • There are some reports that he had epilepsy. Does anyone know if this true?

  • Chills anyone?

  • There are 5 Nazi's who don't like this video.

  • @xRomunux all in all, that's a stupid comment 

  • @xRomunux dude, really? not only is lame!comment lame, it's highly insensitive.

  • @lazydreamereyes Use correct grammar and punctuation when writing to people. If you don't, it just makes you look stupid and ignorant. And besides, no one really cares unlike you other people can take a joke.

  • @xRomunux for all your grammar policing, you should know that your use of "Nazi's" in your original comment is incorrect. there should be no apostrophe, as i'm assuming you meant to use the plural form of Nazi rather than the possessive one. also, by "correct grammar and punctuation," i believe you meant capitalization because both my grammar and punctuation are perfect. ;)

    whatever, this song is amazing and chopin is a genius amongst pianists.

  • @lazydreamereyes Learn to use capitals if you're going to police someone about their, "grammar policing". ;)

  • @LonelyStoner28 *sigh* i knew someone would bring that up even though my tone was clearly tongue-in-cheek. point is, xromunux understood my reply (despite the lack of capitalization) and felt compelled to break out the ad hominem attacks and rather rudely at that. seeing as this is the internet and not a scholarly dissertation on the human condition, capitalization and, to an extent grammar, are overrated, while communication is everything

  • At least not all Nazis are bad ... like this captain and some Nazi officers who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler in order to end World War II early.

  • @Sungetsu15 Well they didnt try to do that to achieve world peace but from their own personal reasons, they though hitler was becoming a weak leader (beacouse of his mind sickness) and to rise 3rd reich again

  • Any idea why this Ballade is chosen ? I think it's the music itself. There're soft passages and the arousing, strong ones too.

    Wonder why no Mazurka or Polonaise are chosen. They're so Polish

  • This scene in the movie goes to show that music and art can bring together even enemies.

  • @goodgirl140 I also think that this scene goes to show no only what you said, but also the fact that there is something powerful in this touching artist and piece by Chopin that it was impossible for the german officer to kill such a beautiful artist and, thus, the source of the only beautiful thing that both were seeing in those destroyed surroundings.

    It's a metaphor: You can destroy everything but something so beautifil can't be destroyed, doing so would be like killing a part of your soul.

  • 5 people have no heart... 

  • @kortess121 i agree with you but i think that 5 people are nazis when they see the movie they can't believe that, somebody tell the truth in a simple like a movie

  • Great song

  • 1:48-2:06 some of the most beautiful notes ever created

  • A very good scene, the music says so much about, the Nazi soldier watches with no emotion. Very powerful scene. I think the Nazi sees the genius of the Pianist and leaves him alone. How can a person with so much be put to death?

  • @elmasloco15 The Nazi person was actually a really good person, he did not save Szpilman only because of his talent! He saved more than ten people at least, and he was a really devout Catholic.

  • holy shit, 4:14 goosebumps everytime i listen this part

  • @drkemical I was soaring in the skies at that part.

  • That era was different. the music was different..music which could express your innermost emotions..that cannot be created now.

  • Ughhh i love 1:50 2:05 <3 it makes me want to like waltz around xD

  • Chopin was simply a genius. y q qde claro q un genio no es aquel q de la noche a la mañana saca obras maestras si no aquel q con su trabajo y esfuerzo logra cosas inimaginables, grandiosas, gloriosas etc

  • Esta es música verdadera, yo suelo escucharla con los ojos cerrados, es maravilloso.

  • The Piano expresses that which words cannot...

  • People! This is not the song! It is music! Music! Amazing music...

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  • I love this song the movie is a great piece of history we should never forget!

  • God's fingers...giving an eternal unforgetable performance...

  • Axl Rose originally wrote this. Great man.

  • @Blakeyisbuffed Che cosa? What on earth are you talking about this is a Ballade by Frédéric Chopin

  • @Blakeyisbuffed lol, um, what?! Explain yourself!

  • @Blakeyisbuffed Axl Rose? Sorry, he didn't originally. November Rain was good, but that's about it. Guns N Roses are no good without Slash.

  • @hmgamer555 'Guns N Roses are no good without Slash'

    Hear hear!

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  • Me encanta esta cancion, esta creacion tan magstral de Chopin ademas la pelicula es realmente impresionante

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  • Beautiful

  • I'm starting to play this, and it actually is not too diffucult to read, just difficult to play and requires lots of practice and devotion because it is so long. People should not be too intimidated by it.

  • Amazing song!!! Chopin was such a genious

  • @LaROUMPAS song ?¡ and when sing ?

  • I give off so many emotions when I listen to this.

  • anybody knows what grand piano he is playing the movie ?

  • @RemovdSande11 Isn't he back in his home.....if, so, it's a Steinway....saw the Steinway logo in an earlier scene.