The Pianist
Year | 2002 |
Starring | Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Jessica Kate Meyer, Julia Rayner |
Director(s) | Roman Polanski |
Rating | R |
Genre(s) | Biography, Drama, War |
Runtime | 150 min |
Wladyslaw Szpilman is a brilliant pianist who finds himself watching the war begin around him. As a Polish Jew, he’s as much a target of the Nazis as any of his family and friends. But through his resourcefulness and talent, Szpilman evades the soldiers and their reign of terror, resorting to any means possible to survive. Through it all, he witnesses some of the worst moments of the war.