The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

• DirectorRoman Polanski
• Release17 September 2002
• Genre
  Drama / War
• Duration2h 30m
• Budget$35,000,000
• Revenue$120,098,945
• Rate
  

  8.379
  9463 reviews
• Productions

  Canal+, Bac Films, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, R.P. Productions, StudioCanal, Canal+, TVP, Runteam