The Pianist
(2002)
★ 8.5 IMDb · 10,423 votes
Year: 2002
Runtime: 149 min
Country: France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
Director: Роман Полански
Cast: Эдриен Броуди, Томас Кречман, Фрэнк Финлей, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox
Plot
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.
In this adaptation of the autobiography "The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945," Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jewish radio station pianist, sees Warsaw change gradually as World War II begins. Szpilman is forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, but is later separated from his family during Operation Reinhard. From this time until the concentration camp prisoners are released, Szpilman hides in various locations among the ruins of Warsaw.