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.

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