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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Roman Polanski |
| Stars: |
Emilia Fox |
| Actors: |
Julia Rayner |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
WWII · Nazis · Pianists/Pianos · Jewish · Holocaust · Music |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Includes Movie Cash Offer |
| UPC: |
096896106636 |
| Release Date: |
2002 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 30min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Single Sided Version Widescreen, 2hr 30min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (August 22, 2006)
UPC: 025193088529 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 30min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (May 27, 2003)
UPC: 096896106636 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Ronald Harwood |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/27/2002, p.C1, Manohla Dargis): "...THE PIANIST achieves the monumental without abandoning the modesty of its origins....Polanski's strange genius serves Szpilman's remembrance..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Roman Polanski's THE PIANIST is based on the memoirs of the talented pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrian Brody), a Polish Jew, who miraculously survived World War II. The first half of the film transports viewers to 1939 Poland, and brings it to life clearly and believably. Szpilman is a tall, handsome, winsome man who is revered for his piano performances on public radio. He lives with his family--an intelligent, loving, and spirited bunch--in an upscale flat in central Warsaw. Bombings have begun to torment the citizens of Warsaw, and step by step, the Nazis infiltrate, the Jews are branded and set apart from their neighbors, imprisoned in a ghetto, and slowly exterminated. The story is told through Szpilman's eyes, and thus carries as much confusion and fear as disgust and torment. Polanski paints Warsaw in bleak shades of gray and black, expressing the helplessness of the Jewish people and the cruelty of the Nazis with captivating photography. In the second half of the film, which takes place in the e... |
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