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The Pianist

Where:

🇵🇱 Poland

When:

The 1930s The 1940s

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece. — 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.

Released in 2002 — 150 minutes

Genres:

Drama War

Languages:

English German Russian Polish