The Pianist
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Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard.
Piano solos performed by Janusz Olenjniczak ; music performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic National Orchestra of Poland, conducted by Tadeusz Strugala.
"A France-Poland-Germany-United Kingdom coproduction."
Based on the book Śmierć miasta by Wladyslaw Szpilman
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002
Special features: "A story of survival" featurette which includes insight into the making of the film, Roman Polanski's own story of survival during WWII, behind-the-scenes interviews with Oscar winners Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody and Ronald Harwood, clips of Władysław Szpilman playing the piano
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Add a NoticeViolence: Random execution of selected prisoners, with a bullet in close range to the head and done repeatedly for a number of times. These and other similar scenes are not good for young children for sure.
Violence: this movie has some grusome bits
Violence: A few scenes in particular have particularly and brutal parts. In one scene, the entire scene, lasting about 3 or 4 minutes, is of the complete murder/ torture of an apartment building full of people.
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Add a CommentExcellent movie. All should see this movie so we never forget what happened. Acting superb!!!!
Excellent movie, I was taken aback a few times by how blunt it was with death/killing and how people reacted to it, but I imagine that it was so common place that people became de-sensitized to it.
Beautiful movie, balled my eyes out for awhile when he played the piano to the German solider
imdb 8.5
It is always so incredible seeing or reading about what the Nazis did to Europe and to Poland in particular. I am of Polish descent and through my genealogy research I have learned a lot about the trials of Poland throughout her history - WW II being just one of them.
Wladyslaw Szpilman managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis. But Wilm Hosenfeld (the Wehrmacht officer) found Szpilman, who told the officer that he was a pianist. Then Hosenfeld asks Szpilman to play on the grand piano nearby. He plays Ballade in G minor, which moves Hosenfeld. This is the climax, which would give you a respite and comfort after you view a series of cold-blooded violent and horrendous scenes. Moved by his performance, Hosenfeld allows Szpilman to hide in the attic of an empty house and regularly brings him food. As the Germans are forced to retreat due to the advance of the Red Army in January 1945, Hosenfeld meets Szpilman for the last time and promises to listen to him on Polish Radio. An epilogue states that Hosenfeld died in Soviet captivity in 1952 despite Szpilman's rescue efforts. This is really a letdown. But at the end Szpilman performs Chopin's Grand Polonaise brillante to a large and prestigious audience. This would give you a warm feeling after all.
A wow movie! if you like this movie you might like the movie life is beautiful.
AMAZING in every way movie.
Very moving movie. It was sad to the Nazi officer not rewarded for his kind acts to the Polish Jew.
It's just NERVE-WRECKING to imagine the cruelty of civilized or uncivilized world, the human-beast, camouflaged under any other name proving far more sadistic, than all deadly wild beasts combined. One wonders, what was ALL these wars, gruesome holocausts, death & destruction, all about????? SO MUCH FOR HUMANITY,,, Excellent film,,,