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Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Jewish gifted classical pianist living in Poland during the Nazi occupation manages to escape deportation to a concentration camp and goes into hiding. For the next few years Wladyslaw eludes capture and lives in the ruins of the Warsaw ghetto. Read more
| Starring | Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman |
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| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Jewish gifted classical pianist living in Poland during the Nazi occupation manages to escape deportation to a concentration camp and goes into hiding. For the next few years Wladyslaw eludes capture and lives in the ruins of the Warsaw ghetto.
| Starring | Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer |
|---|---|
| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Studio | STUDIO CANAL |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 23 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 29 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 2 hrs 22 mins HD DVD: 2 hrs 23 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English HD DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2002 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 19 May 2011 To Rent: DVD: 21 Jul 2003 Blu-ray: 20 Jul 2009 HD DVD: 11 Dec 2006 |
| Watch now | Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant. Subscribe. |
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A moving, dispassionate account of survival, based on a true story, and told in the style of 1950s war movie with often searing imagery. It becomes digressive and over-long, but still retains a haunting power.
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A Must-Watch film about the horrors of the Holocaust: Polanski and Brody at their best.
Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) plays piano on a Warsaw radio station when the Nazis move in to occupy the town. Slowly but systematically, he, his family, ... read more »
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Why we should mention the war
Truly excellent. Polanski does it again. The tension is kept up throughout the film, particularly towards the end as the inhuman German occupancy of Warsaw and ... read more »
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true but good
my hubby said this was the best film he'd saw for a long time he thort it was fantastic film
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The selfish pianist
An unlikeable protagonist. By the halfway point I really didn't care if he lived or died. He only seemed to care about himself and this attitude carried ... read more »
A German army officer who found international fame in Roman Polanski's 2002 film The Pianist has been honoured by Jews in Berlin, Germany. Capt. Wilhelm Hosenfeld saved the life of Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman during the Nazi genocide in Poland. He was portrayed by Thomas Kretschmann in the acclaimed movie. Hosenfeld was posthumously honoured as one of the few German soldiers who aided Jews during the Holocaust. His son was present to receive the Righteous Among The Nations certificate... Read more