The Pianist 2002

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

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R
Drama War

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.

Homepage http://www.thepianistmovie.com/
Release Date 2002-09-17
Runtime 2h 30m
Directors Paweł Edelman, Roman Polanski, Caroline Veyssière, Zbigniew Gruz, Weronika Migoń
Producers Roman Polanski, Alain Sarde, Robert Benmussa, Thomas Tannenberger, Rainer Schaper, Gene Gutowski, Timothy Burrill, Henning Molfenter, Lew Rywin
Writers Władysław Szpilman, Ronald Harwood