The Pianist 2002
- Director: Roman Polanski
- Seen by this director: The Carnage, The Ghost Writer, The Ninth Gate, Death and the Maiden, Tess, Chinatown, Macbeth, Rosemary’s Baby
- Based on the book by Wladyslav Szpilman
- Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschman, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox, Maureen Lipman
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in
- Adrien Brody – Detachment, Wrecked, Cadillac Records, Darjeeling Limited, King Kong, The Village, Bread and Roses
- Thomas Kretschman – Young Victoria, Valkyria, Wanted, King Kong
- Frank Finlay – Merlin, Longitude
- Emilia Fox – Merlin, Keeping Mum
- Maureen Lipman - Doctor Who, Love’ Labour’s Lost, Educating Rita
- Good film
- Seen: Several times. Now 1 September 2024
Warsaw. Renmowned pianist Szpilman
(Brody) and his family are forced to move into the ghetto with thousands of
other Jews. They survive. Then they are rounded up and forced to the trains,
only Wladek is rescued against his will as his family are sent off to
Treblinka. He survives, day by day, year by year, going into hiding towards the
end of the war, with the help of friends, and enemies.
Based on Szpilman’ book.
The film won a Bafta for best film. Brody won an Oscar for best actor. They’re worth it.
5* of 5
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