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The Pianist
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
Drama, War - 2002
The Pianist
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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.
Director:
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Roman Polanski
Cast:
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Adrien Brody
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Thomas Kretschmann
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Frank Finlay
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Maureen Lipman
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Emilia Fox
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Ed Stoppard
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Julia Rayner

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Details

Runtime:
150 min
Release date:
17 Sep 2002
Country:
FR, DE, PL, GB
Languages:
English, German, Polish, Russian
Budget:
$35,000,000
Revenue:
$120,098,945
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. 57 wins & 74 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Old-fashioned in both visual and narrative style and in its overall restraint, the film clearly benefits from the director's first-hand knowledge of the territory.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Brody is a sublimely haunting presence at the heart of The Pianist.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Jan 2003
fresh:
It's Roman Polanski's strongest and most personally felt movie.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
16 Jan 2003
fresh:
In going home to tell Szpilman's story Polanski seems reborn: once again he's become a filmmaker who matters.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
14 Jan 2003
fresh:
We admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears, our sympathies.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
13 Jan 2003
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