the pianist

5/29/2009

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

holocaust (shoah) ꞏ pianist ꞏ wistful ꞏ prisoner of war ꞏ ghetto ꞏ deportation ꞏ distressing ꞏ depressing ꞏ Drama ꞏ concert ꞏ war ꞏ based on memoir or autobiography ꞏ nazi ꞏ liberation ꞏ poland ꞏ world war ii ꞏ resistance ꞏ wonder ꞏ biography ꞏ hunger ꞏ warsaw ghetto ꞏ survival ꞏ polish resistance ꞏ jew persecution ꞏ homeland