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The Pianist

“Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.”

2002

150 min

Rated R

8.5IMDB

85Metacritic

Overview

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.

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DramaWar

Director

Roman Polanski

Cast

Adrien BrodyThomas KretschmannFrank FinlayMaureen LipmanEmilia FoxEd StoppardJulia RaynerJessica Kate Meyer

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Keywords

concertnaziresistancewarsaw ghettopolish resistancehomelandholocaust (shoah)hungerworld war iiprisoner of warghettodeportationjew persecutionliberationbiography+11 more