Pianist, The
Director: Roman Polanski
IMDB Rating: 8.50 out of 10 (39269 votes)
The true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who, in the 1930s, was known as the most accomplished piano player in all of Poland, if not Europe. At the outbreak of the Second World War, however, Szpilman becomes subject to the anti-Jewish laws imposed by the conquering Germans. By the start of the 1940s, Szpilman has seen his world go from piano concert halls to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw and then must suffer the tragedy of his family deported to a death camp, while Szpilman is conscripted into a forced German Labor Compound. At last deciding to escape, Szpilman goes into hiding as a Jewish refugee where he is witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and the Warsaw City Revolt in August/October 1944.
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Taglines: 1: Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
Actors: Brody Adrien (Wladyslaw Szpilman), (Captain Wilm Hosenfeld), Finlay Frank (Father), Lipman Maureen (Mother), Fox Emilia (Dorota), Stoppard Ed (Henryk), Rayner Julia (Regina), Meyer Jessica Kate (Halina), Zebrowski Michal (Jurek), Mues Wanja (SS Slapping Father), Ridings Richard (Mr. Lipa), Sharron Nomi (Feather Woman), Milner Anthony (Man Waiting to Cross), Skeaping Lucy (Street Musician), Skeaping Roddy (Street Musician),
