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3 January 2003 (USA) moreTagline:
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.Plot:
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 42 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(158 articles)
Report: Roman Polanski Receiving Medical Treatment (From The Insider. 18 October 2009, 11:27 PM, PDT)
Roman Polanski Still Directing From Prison
(From FilmShaft.com. 16 October 2009, 12:13 AM, PDT)
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the best holocaust movie ever made more (643 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Adrien Brody | ... | Wladyslaw Szpilman | |
| Thomas Kretschmann | ... | Captain Wilm Hosenfeld | |
| Frank Finlay | ... | Father | |
| Maureen Lipman | ... | Mother | |
| Emilia Fox | ... | Dorota | |
| Ed Stoppard | ... | Henryk | |
| Julia Rayner | ... | Regina | |
| Jessica Kate Meyer | ... | Halina | |
| Michal Zebrowski | ... | Jurek | |
| Wanja Mues | ... | SS Slapping Father | |
| Richard Ridings | ... | Mr. Lipa | |
| Nomi Sharron | ... | Feather Woman | |
| Anthony Milner | ... | Man Waiting to Cross | |
| Lucy Skeaping | ... | Street Musician | |
| Roddy Skeaping | ... | Street Musician |
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Rated R for violence and brief strong language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
150 min | Spain:142 min (DVD edition)Color:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Chile:TE | Denmark:11 | Egypt:(Banned) | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 (re-rating) | New Zealand:R15 | Norway:15 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:AA (Ontario)Fun Stuff
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Proceeds from the Amsterdam, Netherlands premiere were donated to the Anne Frank House. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: Early during the movie, when the family is listening to a BBC radio broadcast in the autumn of 1939, there's a brief overlap during which we hear a few German words being spoken. These are from a recording of the infamous Sports Palace speech by Joseph Goebbels, delivered in Berlin on 18th February 1943 - well over three years after the movie's scene takes place. moreQuotes:
Henryk Szpilman: I thought you only recruited boys with rich fathers. Look at my father, look at us.Itzak Heller: Yes, I'm looking at you, and that's why I'm here. Your whole family can have a better life. You want to go on struggling for survival, selling books on the street?
Henryk Szpilman: Yes, please.
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Bernie Mac/Good Charlotte (#28.16)" (2003) moreSoundtrack:
Tantz, Tantz Yidelekh moreFAQ
Warn me about any violent scenes in this movie.How closely does the movie follow the book?
Why did Hosenfeld spare Szpilman?
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last weekend, I saw Roman Polanski's The Pianist and what a movie. The grizzly reality feeling of the movie shell-shocked me in the first place but later on I recognized the pure feeling of the film: The horror what war does with innocent people truly is. the main story isn't about a war hero, but about people who don't want to die in this madness. Every aspect of the film is really done for an reason and in his place and you don't feel this as entertainment.
the music is what hit me the most. the classical tunes had such an enormous impact on me and portrayed the feelings of the main role of the pianist. The fact that there are no hero's in a war movie is for me more than a welcome benefit. No war in the world should have hero's who can't die. Everybody in this movie can die, every second of it. The scary moments are real scary.
bottom line: ten times as realistic as the also brilliant Schindler's list. and twenty times better than Saving private Ryan for the lack of hero's and there is no patriotism at all.
ten out of ten, best movie of 2002