Vbloom... Good point. After all, "The Pianist" is essentially about Szpilman. The German character had less screen time than I thought because he didn't arrive until much later in the film. One of the points Szpilman's book makes is about the relationship he had with the German officer. That took up more space in the book than in the film. Arguably if the German character wasn't well-written in one's point of view, then reading the book might give a better perspective on who the German is.

The thing to realize is that NOT all Germans were like the German officer who helped Szpilman. At heart they didn't really want to burn and torture those thousands and thousands and thousands of Jews. However, at the same time, they lived under a cruel law and if they were to join up with that German officer to help Szpilman, eventually they'd get caught and hanged.

Then again, "The Pianist" revealed that not all Jews were good.

Again, for those of you who want a film which shows more Germans and ones who aren't looked as monsters or cruel being then look at "Das Boot." Not a single German in that film mentioning anything about Jews, attacking America, or even anything that would make you think they're locked into being Nazis.