pianist
TitleThe pianist
Author
Call numberv454
Object numberv454
Year of publication
2002
MaterialAudio-visual material
Notes
video
video
Description
Starring Adrian Brody this is the true story of Szpilman who, in the 1930s was known as the most accomplished piano player in all of Poland. He becomes subject to Anti-Jewish laws imposed by the Germans at the outbreak of war and ends up in the Warsaw ghetto. He manages to escape after his family is deported to a death camp and is witness to the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the Polish Uprising.