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The Pianist
The plot revolves around the autobiography of Polish composer, Wladyslaw Szpilman, who survived World War || and is now sharing details with the general public.
22 March 1962, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
1968, Szamotuly, Wielkopolskie, Poland
27 March 1947, England, UK
17 July 1961, Brzeziny, Lódzkie, Poland
22 July 1960, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
2 July 1956, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
16 November 1964, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
3 January 1962, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
March 22, 2006
[I]t takes six or seven people to keep one half-dead Jew alive.... Wladyslaw's situation is extraordinary but what's happening on screen doesn't really feel so extraordinary. There's almost no emphasis, no point of view.
January 13, 2003
We admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears, our sympathies.
February 09, 2006
Old-fashioned in both visual and narrative style and in its overall restraint, the film clearly benefits from the director's first-hand knowledge of the territory.
May 26, 2009
Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" is the director's finest achievement, and elevates Adrien Brody (Oscar win for Best Actor 2002) to eminence in his representation of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew who survived the Nazi occupation of Warsaw.
January 16, 2003
It's Roman Polanski's strongest and most personally felt movie.
April 29, 2009
A film that rivals every one of the greatest Holocaust films ever made...
January 10, 2003
Brody tracks Szpilman's descent from smug celebrity to feral, starving man with uncommon subtlety.
February 01, 2009
While the film itself may not live up to the advance hype, Brody exceeds expectations.
January 14, 2003
In going home to tell Szpilman's story Polanski seems reborn: once again he's become a filmmaker who matters.
July 04, 2007
Une belle réussite fait menant à une réflexion honnête sur un sujet face auquel on aurait pu croire que tout aavait déjà été dit.
December 28, 2010
True story of a Jewish pianist; OK for older kids.
January 16, 2003
Brody is a sublimely haunting presence at the heart of The Pianist.
