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The Pianist Reviews

2002

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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
Director	Roman Polanski
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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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.
- 32560
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  - 9
  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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  - London
  - 22 Oct 2003 at 13:13
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  - 0
  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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- 1089023
- - born2run
  - 76 reviews
  - Isles of Scilly
  - 05 Feb 2012 at 14:58
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  - 0
  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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- 1083120
- - a customer
  - 18 Jan 2012 at 14:06
- - 1
  - 10
  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 »
  
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- 1077507
- - netizensmith
  - 1 review
  - 01 Jan 2012 at 19:20
- - 0
  - 0
  Compulsive viewing
  
  Katie says:
  
  Fantastic film. Entirely watchable, beautiful to look at and the characters were likeable, believable and you couldn't do anything ... read more »
  
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- 1075994
- - katiesays
  - 2 reviews
  - 26 Dec 2011 at 00:17
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  A lot better than I anticipated…...
  
  I was expecting this to be a long slow movie with little substance. But how wrong was I….. the fact that this is based on a true story beggars belief. The ... read more »
  
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- 1061737
- - accurist01
  - 34 reviews
  - High Wycombe
  - 12 Nov 2011 at 08:39
- - 0
  - 0
  Great... but no subtitles?!
  
  Brilliant film. My only complaint would be that for some strange reason the BluRay edition doesn't have any subtitles... considering there are important ... read more »
  
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- - CarlT
  - 1 review
  - 28 Oct 2011 at 01:08
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  The Pianist
  
  Extraordinary film, I was riveted. The fact that it is based on a true story adds to its appeal. Would like to see the main actor again, his was a marvellous ... read more »
  
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- 1052252
- - Gardenia
  - 3 reviews
  - Grantown-on-Spey
  - 17 Oct 2011 at 14:09
- - 0
  - 3
  Doom, gloom and despair
  
  If you like miserable films that make you face the horrors of the German persecution of the Jews then this film is for you.
  
  If you feel at risk of ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 28 Sep 2011 at 21:15
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  the pianist and the schindler's list
  
  polanski's masterpiece compares interestingly with spielberg's schindler's list.
  
  both pictures talk of hope and humanity in the face of ... read more »
  
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- 1039185
- - lukasz84
  - 58 reviews
  - 10 Sep 2011 at 19:16
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  Szpilman, just splendid
  
  Great adaptation that gives a sneak preview into the struggle that went on for the Jews during ww2 in Poland. Brilliantly directed and and acted. One not to be ... read more »
  
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- - andyhall1986
  - 35 reviews
  - Stranabrosney
  - 02 Sep 2011 at 22:38
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- - 123
  - 9
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 256
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - London
  - 22 Oct 2003 at 13:13
- - 31
  - 1
  Fantastic!
  
  This film deserves to be seen more than once. I was totally gripped and didn’t want it to end. The story sweeps you along and by the end of the film you ... read more »
  
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- - jaks
  - london
  - 16 Apr 2004 at 10:30
- - 24
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  Shockingly Beautiful
  
  This film should be at the top of your list if you are looking for a film about World War 2, The Holocaust or even Polish History. Centred around a jewish man... read more »
  
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- - Gromit
  - 44 reviews
  - Canterbury
  - 05 Apr 2006 at 14:22
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  - 1
  Very moving film
  
  This is a film that you will want to watch to the end. I started to watch it on the plane back from America but because I had watched 2 other films before it, ... read more »
  
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- 300674
- - nickelbackjunky
  - Staffordshire
  - 04 Mar 2004 at 15:27
- - 11
  - 1
  Touching - Revealing
  
  A touching story of a talented jewish pianist in pre-war Warsaw and how he is thrown into the horror of the Nazi war machine and struggles to survive. ... read more »
  
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- 311023
- - Jimadi
  - London
  - 08 Oct 2004 at 18:08
- - 11
  - 2
  A stunning movie - Polanski at his very best!
  
  After the disappointment of '9th Gate' it was good to see Polanksi back at his best. From the outset, it is apparent that this is a labour of love for ... read more »
  
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- 1091
- - John McGowan
  - Roslin, Midlothian
  - 20 Jan 2004 at 20:15
- - 10
  - 2
  Play Me Something.....
  
  A moving and powerful film this one snatched the palm d'or at the cannes film festival in 2002 and deservedly so.
  
  Roman polanskis holocaust drama... read more »
  
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- 1172
- - Ross Dundas
  - Falkirk, Central Scotland
  - 25 Jan 2004 at 20:59
- - 10
  - 5
  Not Polanski's best but still Oscars galore
  
  This is the true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jewish pianist. The opening sequence is of him playing on the radio, when he hears the German bombs begin... read more »
  
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- - GraftheGreatest
  - 15 reviews
  - Harrow
  - 21 Jun 2004 at 23:45
- - 8
  - 2
  The Pianist
  
  This is one of the best thought provoking films about the Holocaust that I have seen. Based on true events, The Pianist is a story of courage, determination ... read more »
  
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- 293005
- - PennyP
  - Herts
  - 14 Oct 2003 at 09:44
- - 7
  - 1
  The Pianist
  
  This is a truly moving account of the inhuman treatment, inflicted by the Nazis and endured by the Jews in Poland in the early days of WW2.
  
  This ... read more »
  
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- 293062
- - Miseryguts
  - Lincs
  - 14 Oct 2003 at 11:52

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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....