The Pianist (2002 film)
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| Directed by | Roman Polanski |
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| Screenplay by | Ronald Harwood |
| Based on | The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman |
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| Music by | Wojciech Kilar |
| Cinematography | Paweł Edelman |
| Edited by | Hervé de Luze |
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| Budget | $35 million[2] |
| Box office | $120 million[3] |
The Pianist is a 2002 historical drama film co-produced and directed by Roman Polanski, scripted by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody.[4] It is based on the autobiographical book The Pianist, aWorld War II memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman. The film was a co-production between France, the United Kingdom,Germany, and Poland.
The Pianist met with significant critical praise and received multiple awards and nominations. It was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[5] At the 75th Academy Awards, The Pianist won Oscars for Best Director (Polanski),Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood), andBest Actor (Brody), and was also nominated for four other awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Filmand BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 2003 and seven French Césars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Brody.
Plot[edit]
In September 1939, Władysław Szpilman (Adrien Brody), a Polish-Jewish pianist, is playing live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed duringNazi Germany's invasion of Poland which caused the outbreak of World War II. Hoping for a quick victory, Szpilman celebrates with his posh family at home when learning that Britain and France have declared war on Germany. German troops soon enter Warsaw and the Nazi authorities implemented measures to identify, isolate, financially ruin and reduce the Jewish population in Warsaw. Jews are ordered to provide their own identifying armbands with the Star of David.
By November 1940, the Szpilman family and the 360,000 other Warsaw Jews are removed to the newly established Umschlagplatz. Conditions make life difficult with overcrowding, starvation, lose of a social structure, and disrespect by the military guards. An emaciated dead adult can be seen on the street being comforted by a child and an elderly woman is assaulted over and robbed of the contents of her soup canteen. The Szpilmans witness from across the street of their housing the SS kill the inhabitants of another apartment during a round-up.
On 16 August 1942, the family are to be deported to Treblinka extermination camp, but a friend in the Jewish Ghetto Policeintervenes to remove Władysław from the group being transported. Władysław becomes a slave labourer, learns about a coming Jewish revolt and takes part in the smuggling of weapons into the ghetto; almost being found out by a suspicious guard. He arranges an escape to then hide in the city with help from a non-Jewish friend, Andrzej Bogucki (Ronan Vibert), and his wife Janina (Ruth Platt).
In April 1943, Władysław can see from a window of his hiding place the effects of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Attempting to leave the hiding place for assistance, a neighbor questions his being in the building. Władysław flees and is again assisted with a new hiding place with a piano that on he can silently mimic play. He gets jaundice and survives.
In August 1944, during the uprising, the Polish resistance attacks a German building across the street from Władysław's hideout. A tank shells his apartment building, forcing him to hide elsewhere in a deserted and war-torn section of the city. He stays in an damaged and abandoned house, where he finds a large can of pickles. He thinks he is alone in the house and tries to open the can. A Wehrmachtofficer, Wilm Hosenfeld (Thomas Kretschmann), has gone to the house to play on the piano there. The officer learns about Władysław's ability when he is told by the officer to play anything; he playsChopin's Ballade in G minor. Hosenfeld is moved and has Władysław show him where he hides in the attic. The German officer brings him food.
In January 1945, the Germans are forced to retreat due to the advance of the Red Army. Hosenfeld meets Szpilman for the last time and promises he will listen to him on Polish Radio after the war. He gives Szpilman his greatcoat to keep warm and leaves. However, this has almost fatal consequences for Szpilman when he is mistaken for a German soldier, when trying to hug the Polish soldiers and is shot at by Polish troops liberating Warsaw, who then find he is Polish and save him.
In Spring 1945, former inmates of a Nazi concentration camp pass a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp holding captured German soldiers and verbally abuse them. Hosenfeld, among those captured, overhears a released inmate lament over his former career as a violinist. He asks the violinist if he knows Szpilman, which he confirms. Hosenfeld wishes for Szpilman to return the favor and help release him. Sometime later, the violinist is able to bring Szpilman back to the site but they find it has been long abandoned.
Later, Szpilman works for Polish Radio and performs Chopin's Grand Polonaise brillante to a large and prestigious audience. An epilogue states that Szpilman died at the age of 88 in the year 2000 while Hosenfeld died in Soviet captivity in 1952.
Cast[edit]
- Adrien Brody as Władysław Szpilman
- Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
- Frank Finlay as Father Szpilman
- Maureen Lipman as Mother Szpilman
- Emilia Fox as Dorota
- Ed Stoppard as Henryk
- Julia Rayner as Regina
- Jessica Kate Meyer as Halina
- Ronan Vibert as Andrzej Bogucki
- Ruth Platt as Janina Bogucki
- Michał Żebrowski as Jurek
- Roy Smiles as Itzhak Heller
- Richard Ridings as Mr. Lipa
- Daniel Caltagirone as Majorek
- Valentine Pelka as Dorota's Husband
- Zbigniew Zamachowski as Customer with Coins
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