The Pianist (2002)
1524 January 2003 (IE)Drama, War2 hours and 30 minutes
84%
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
Description
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.
Actors
Status
Released
Original language
English
Budget
$35,000,000
Revenue
$120,098,945
Keywords
concertnaziresistancewarsaw ghettopolish resistancehomelandholocaust (shoah)hungerworld war iiprisoner of warghettodeportationjew persecutionliberationbiographysurvivalbased on memoir or autobiographypianistpolandwonderwistfuldepressingadoringcrueldistressing