Movie: The Pianist (2002)
“A brilliant pianist, a Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is rounded up to be shipped off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture by living in the ruins of Warsaw. Written by Anonymous”
- Director: Roman Polanski
- Release Date: 3 January 2003 (USA)
- Run Time: 150 min | Spain:142 min (DVD edition)
- Country: France , Germany , UK , Poland
- Genre: Biography , Drama , Music , War
- MPAA: Rated R for violence and brief strong language.
Tagline: Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
Trivia: Adrien Brody lost 14 kilograms for the role of Wladyslaw Szpilman by eating a daily diet of two boiled eggs and green tea for breakfast, a little chicken for lunch, and a small piece of fish or chicken with steamed vegetables for dinner, over a six week period. Initially his weight was 73 kilograms.
Goofs: Anachronisms: The bayonet used by the German sergeant to open the sack of beans is not German issue. It appears to be a Turkish Model 1890 bayonet.