🎬 Drama, War

The Pianist

"Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece."

⭐ 8.4/10 2002 2h 30m Dir. Roman Polanski

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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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8.4/10 10,169 votes

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Year
2002
Runtime
2h 30m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 8.4/10
Votes
10,169
Genre
Drama, War
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$35.0M

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 War 🎬 Roman Polanski 👤 Adrien Brody 👤 Thomas Kretschmann 👤 Frank Finlay
concert nazi resistance warsaw ghetto polish resistance homeland holocaust (shoah) hunger world war ii prisoner of war ghetto deportation

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The Pianist has a runtime of 2h 30m (2 hours and 30 minutes).
The Pianist was directed by Roman Polanski and released in 2002.
The Pianist is a Drama, War film (2002).
The cast of The Pianist includes Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox.
The Pianist has a TMDB rating of 8.4/10 based on 10,169 votes.

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