The Pianist
2002 · 2h 30m · Drama, War · France, Germany · Rated R (US)
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
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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Roman PolanskiWritten by
Ronald Harwood8.4Smart score
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angrybased on memoir or autobiographybased on true storybiographycomplexconcertdeportationghettoholocaust (shoah)homelandhungerjew persecutionliberationnazipianistpolandpolish resistanceprisoner of warresistancesurvivaltearjerkertragedywarsaw ghettoworld war ii
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