The Pianist
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Ed Stoppard
The Pianist
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Ed Stoppard
One of the great Holocaust films.
Polanski, himself a survivor of Nazi-occupied Poland, has created a near-masterpiece.
A beautiful story, told in measured cadences by a master of old-timey narrative compression and expression.
The result is a movie, and Cannes Palme d'Or winner, of riveting power and sadness, a great match of film and filmmaker -- and star, too.
Polanski, who was a Jewish child in Krakow when the Germans arrived in September 1939, presents Szpilman's story with bleak, acid humor and with a ruthless objectivity that encompasses both cynicism and compassion.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Academy Awards (2003)
Ronald Harwood
American Screenwriters Association (2003)
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
American Society of Cinematographers (2003)
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards (2004)
Best Foreign Film
Awards of the Japanese Academy (2004)
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