The Pianist

Movie • 2002

8.5

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    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.

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Roger Ebert

By showing Szpilman as a survivor but not a fighter or a hero--as a man who does all he can to save himself, but would have died without enormous good luck and the kindness of a few non-Jews--Polanski is reflecting, I believe, his own deepest feelings.

rogerebert.com/reviews/the-pianist-2003

The New York Times

With relentless clarity, Mr. Polanski tracks the deterioration of his hero's situation and the day-in, day-out assault on his humanity.

nytimes.com/2002/12/27/movies/film-review-surviving-the-warsaw-ghetto-against-steep-odds.html

BBC

Polanski's elegant film takes a classical, and rather methodical, approach to structure and style.

bbc.co.uk/films/2002/12/19/the_pianist_2003_review.shtml

IMDb

Brody is absolutely stellar at acting with his eyes, plus his body language speaks volumes.

imdb.com/title/tt0253474/

High On Films

The Pianist remains one of the best works of Polanski while also being the most touching. The movie has some minor flaws but how can the true account of a Holocaust survivor be entirely perfect?

highonfilms.com/the-pianist-2002-review/

cinematerial.com

The brilliance of The Pianist...is not that its story is so unbelievable, but that it is so relentlessly matter-of-fact.

cinematerial.com/movies/the-pianist-i253474/reviews

IMDb

It's not easy to command the screen when your character often has to be passive...but Brody pulls it off.

imdb.com/title/tt0253474/reviews

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