When was the pianist made

While Wladyslaw and his family are aware of the looming presence of German forces and Hitler's designs on Poland, they're convinced that the Nazis are a menace which will pass, and that England and France will step forward to aid Poland in the event of a real crisis. Wladyslaw's naivete is shattered when a German bomb rips through a radio studio while he performs a recital for broadcast.

During the early stages of the Nazi occupation, as a respected artist, he still imagines himself above the danger, using his pull to obtain employment papers for his father and landing a supposedly safe job playing piano in a restaurant.

But as the German grip tightens upon Poland, Wladyslaw and his family are selected for deportation to a Nazi concentration camp. Refusing to face a certain death, Wladyslaw goes into hiding in a comfortable apartment provided by a friend. However, when his benefactor goes missing, Wladyslaw is left to fend for himself and he spends the next several years dashing from one abandoned home to another, desperate to avoid capture by German occupation troops.

A Jewish pianist named Wladislaw Szpilman was playing the piano on the radio station when an explosion occurred outside. It was the beginning of German Nazi occupation in Polland. When he returned home, his family was arguing over how they could keep the rest of their money so the German's couldn't see it. When they looked out the window, they saw their area was fenced. Since then, their life has become in a difficult situation. The German's deported his family and forcibly took on train way to concentration camp.

It you tickle us, we we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? Sign In. Play trailer Biography Drama Music. Director Roman Polanski. Ronald Harwood screenplay by Wladyslaw Szpilman based on the book by. Top credits Director Roman Polanski. See more at IMDbPro.

Top rated movie Trailer The Pianist. Photos Top cast Edit. Frank Finlay Father as Father. Emilia Fox Dorota as Dorota. Michal Zebrowski Jurek as Jurek. Ed Stoppard Henryk as Henryk. Maureen Lipman Mother as Mother. Jessica Kate Meyer Halina as Halina. Julia Rayner Regina as Regina. Richard Ridings Mr. Lipa as Mr. I took two bags and my keyboard and moved to Europe. Since the filming process ended, Brody has been open about the depression he experienced from embodying Szpilman.

To prepare for the role, Brody also spent a lot of time educating himself on the Holocaust. But how much these things take from you changes project to project.