The Pianist (2002)

8.4 | Sep 17, 2002 (GB) | Drama, War | 02:30

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Budget: 35 000 000 | Revenue: 120 098 945

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.