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The Pianist (2002)

The Pianist (2002)

Drama War

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

Release Date: 2002, September 17
Directors: Roman Polanski
Countries: Germany, France, United Kingdom, Poland
Production: R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runteam, StudioCanal
Cast: Joachim Paul Assböck, Maciej Winkler, Maja Ostaszewska, Thomas Kretschmann, Axel Prahl, Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer

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.

Keywords:

biography based on true story survival world war ii complex liberation resistance tragedy angry nazi holocaust (shoah) ghetto jew persecution poland concert pianist warsaw ghetto polish resistance homeland hunger prisoner of war deportation based on memoir or autobiography tearjerker