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The Pianist
(2002)
The true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who,
in the 1930s, was known as the most accomplished piano player in all
of Poland, if not Europe. At the outbreak of the Second World War,
however, Szpilman becomes subject to the anti-Jewish laws imposed by
the conquering Germans. By the start of the 1940s, Szpilman has seen
his world go from piano concert halls to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw
and then must suffer the tragedy of his family deported to a death
camp, while Szpilman is conscripted into a forced German Labor
Compound. At last deciding to escape, Szpilman goes into hiding as a
Jewish refugee where he is witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in
1943 and the Warsaw City Revolt in August/October 1944.
Summary (IMDb)written by
Anthony Hughes {husnock31@hotmail.com} |