The Pianist (2002)
09/17/2002 (FR) • 2h 30m
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Father
Mother
Dorota
Henryk Szpilman
Regina Szpilman
Halina Szpilman
Jurek
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$35,000,000.00
Revenue
$120,098,945.00
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
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