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The Pianist
Roman Polanski

The Pianist

  • Drama
  • War

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

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RELEASE

2002-09-17

BUGET

$35.0M

LENGTH

150 min

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.