Feel sorry for Hosenfeld.....
He never deserved the torture-death.
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Sometimes noble and righteous heroes are condemned for the crimes of others. The cruelty of this world.
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MovieChat Forums > The Pianist (2003) Discussion > Feel sorry for Hosenfeld.....
Maybe you missed the thousands of Jews and others who died throughout the movie that also didn't deserve to die?
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Yeah, Hosenfeld was a hero who went against his own side's ideals and risked his own life to save a few others. To think he died such a horrible death is disheartening.
See you in hell, candy boys!share
No good deed goes unpunished.
Also do you really think he rose to such a position of power without sidestepping any moral obstacles? It was near the end of the war, I'm sure he did his share of despicable things. Nobody knows for sure.
I didn't realise Hosenfeld was an actual person till after seeing the film and yes, he generally is acknowledged as being a more than righteous German soldier. He helped to hide or rescue Polish people, including Jews, in Nazi-occupied Poland, and definitely helped Szpilman to survive, hidden, in the ruins of Warsaw during the last months of 1944. His legacy is arguably much greater than we see in this film, which is after all focusing on Szpilman's experiences.๐ญ
The Russians were scumbags, they even executed their own men who escaped a German POW camp via the Katian forest massacre.
Spoiler alert for them spoil sports out there! Y'all like spoiled milk, stop crying over it!
He never deserved the torture-death.
Nobody anywhere, ever, in the history of mankind deserves torture-death. I don't care if you're Buddha, Gandhi, George W. Bush or Stalin. I live by the moral creed that an individual's need to escape suffering always outweighs another individual's need to inflict it. share
Uh huh. Right.
shareWe don't really know what things Hosenfeld may have done earlier on, but based on his depiction in this movie, You couldn't help but feel sad about his fate.
shareAccording to his diary, he was disgusted by the treatment of the Poles and Jews and began hiding them/protecting them early on in the war. His high rank helped him get them necessary papers and even jobs. He was given an award right along with Oskar Schindler by the State of Israel for his actions, so he really didn't deserve it all :(
shareFor me, anyone who risked life and limb to bring food, a warm coat, and conversation to a Jew in occupied Poland, deserves credit, no matter what might have gone on before.
I'm very sorry that he died young and painfully, but I am glad that his name is known now, and I hope that his kids and grandkids are proud.
He is known as a hero, but before his humanity kicked in, he was one of them. Of course he killed innocent people. So he had to be punished. But he was a soldier, he did keep part of his humanity, which makes him a person.
I am glad his family got to know that he was not another evil monster.