The Pianist is a movie directed by Roman Polanski in 2002 and based on the book The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man’s Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 by Władysław Szpilman, first published in 1946. The movie features Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox, Michal Zebrowski, Ed Stoppard, and others.
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Storyline
In September 1939, Władysław Szpilman, a Polish-Jewish pianist, is playing live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland. By November 1940, Szpilman and his family are forced from their home into the isolated and overcrowded Warsaw Ghetto, where conditions only get worse.
Movie vs Book
Year
2002
Minutes
150
Movie Rate
8.50
Source: IMDb
Year
1946
Pages
222
Book Rate
8.48
S: Goodreads
Book
The Pianist
Subtitle: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
Author: Władysław Szpilman
Country: Poland
First published in: 1946
Length: 222 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“I liked the film very much but I found working on it incredibly stressful; I would probably not adapt my own work again - you need to have distance from the book.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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