Pianist, The

Movie summary and review, cast and crew, and related links. Interviews with Adrien Brody and Maureen Lipman.

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Adrien Brody gives his best performance yet in Roman Polanski's elegant and award-winning depiction of Jews in WWII Warsaw.
Reviewer's Rating User Rating "The Pianist" is based on the extraordinary events of Polish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman's life. This has finally given Roman Polanski the chance to distil

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2. BBC News: How Playing The Pianist Took its Toll

Article in which Adrien Brody reveals the physical and mental challenges involved in playing the lead role in Roman Polanski's award-winning film, The Pianist.

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Friday, 24 January, 2003, 09:45 GMT How playing The Pianist took its toll Brody starved himself for the role Best actor Oscar winner Adrien Brody always knew that playing the lead in Roman
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3. Reel Faces - The Pianist

Explores the real people behind the film's story. Includes photographs, multimedia, and related links.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman and The Pianist at CTF. REAL face behind Adrien Brody. See pics of the real Wladyslaw Szpilman and Wilm Hosenfeld, find out just how real The Pianist the movie is.
Starring Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox based on the book "The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945" Birthplace: Mackenzell, Hessen-Nassau, Germany

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4. SplicedWire - The Pianist Film Review (2002)

Rob Blackwelder analyzes the film directed by Roman Polanski, an emotionally and factually detailed, uniquely personal true story of day-by-day Holocaust survival.

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HOLOCAUST HORROR IN CINEMATIC HARMONY NY/LA: Friday, December 27, 2002 LIMITED: Friday, January 3, 2003 Directed by Roman Polanski , Daniel Caltagirone, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen

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5. Salon.com - The Pianist

Charles Taylor reviews Roman Polanski's wrenching World War II magnum opus.

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Roman Polanski's wrenching World War II magnum opus confronts the horrors of the Warsaw ghetto and the moral complexities of war -- and asserts the power of art, just maybe, to triumph over nihilism.. Articles about Roman Polanski
Friday, Dec 27, 2002 15:00 ET Roman Polanski's wrenching World War II magnum opus confronts the horrors of the Warsaw ghetto and the moral complexities of war -- and asserts the power of art, just

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6. Chicago Sun-Times - The Pianist

Roger Ebert reviews the film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Ronald Harwood.

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Capt. Wilm Hosenfeld: Thomas Kretschmann The Mother: Maureen Lipman Focus Features Presents A Film Directed By . Written By Ronald Harwood. Based On The Book By Wladyslaw Szpilman. Running Time:
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7. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Szpilman's Warsaw

Offers the history behind The Pianist, including historical film footage, interviews, and archive material.

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The History behind The Pianist The movie The Pianist is set in Holocaust-era Warsaw and tells the remarkable story of Polish-Jewish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman. Hunger and hiding, resistance both
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8. Awesome Stories: The Pianist

Historical background of the film with links to primary sources.

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