The Pianist (2002)
Release Date
2002-09-17
Rating
8
Duration
150 min
Countries
Keywords
concert nazi resistance warsaw ghetto polish resistance homeland holocaust (shoah) hunger world war ii prisoner of war ghetto deportation jew persecution liberation biography survival based on memoir or autobiography pianist poland angry complex compassionate
Qualities
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
