The Pianist

2002 "Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece."
8.5| 2h30m| R| en
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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.

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Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
GamerTab That was an excellent one.
Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
brett-76260 If you haven't seen this movie, take the time and watch it. Acting is superb from start to finish. Easily one of the most compelling WWII movies you will ever see. The film will touch you in many many ways.
kosalasubasinghe The film flows surrounding the proper time period for this amazing story. everything perfect in it. well done.
sihamyahya-89493 I watched this movie when I was at school as part of a class project that I was doing about World War II. I think I didn't stop crying for a moment. Such a powerful movie and portrayed so realistically. The acting is incredible!
cemilcamci A great movie on a powerful, essential subject -- the Holocaust years in Poland -- directed with such artistry and skill that, as we watch, the barriers of the screen seem to melt away. The closing scenes of the movie involve Szpilman's confrontation with a German captain named Wilm Hosenfeld -- Polanski's direction of this scene, his use of pause and nuance, is masterful. Szpilman takes to performing sonatas in thin air, eyes closed, those jittery fingers stroking nothing but air. It's a wonderful moment in a wonderful, ghastly film, and one of the most moving arguments for the redemptive powers of art ever made. Crafted without a whiff of melodrama, this motion picture takes a steady, unflinching look at the plight of Jews in Warsaw. Polanski, who was a Jewish child in Krakow when the Germans arrived in September 1939, presents Szpilman's story with bleak, acid humor and with a ruthless objectivity that encompasses both cynicism and compassion.VERDICT: "High-Quality Stuff" - This is a rating to a movie I view as very entertaining and well made, and definitely worth paying the full price at a theater to see or own on DVD. It is not perfect, but it is definitely excellent. (Films that are rated 3.5 or 4 stars)