The Pianist

Tue Jul 10, 2012

20:00

Location

House of Arts and Literature
41 - 43 Athinas Street
Paphos, Paphos 8010

Description

The true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who, in the 1930s, was known as the most accomplished piano player in all of Poland, if not Europe. He 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.

Cast:
Adrien Brody (Wladyslaw Szpilman)
Thomas Kretschmann (Captain Wilm Hosenfeld)
Frank Finlay (Father)
Maureen Lipman (Mother)

Director: Roman Polanski
Writer: Roman Polanski, Wladyslaw Szpilman
Runtime: 150 min
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Language: English, German, Russian
Production Year: 2002

[youtube=u_jE7-6Uv7E]The Pianist Trailer[/youtube]