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Tags: nazi occupied poland, person in a wheelchair falls from height
Alternate Names:
Title in Español:

El pianista
Title in Italiano:

Il pianista
Title in Português:

O Pianista

Synopsis

Filmmaker Roman Polanski, who as a boy growing up in Poland watched while the Nazis devastated his country during World War II, directed this downbeat drama based on the story of a privileged musician who spent five years struggling against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw.

Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) is a gifted classical pianist born to a wealthy Jewish family in Poland. The Szpilmans have a large and comfortable flat in Warsaw which Wladyslaw shares with his mother and father (Maureen Lipman and Frank Finlay), his sisters Halina and Regina (Jessica Kate Meyer and Julia Rayner), and his brother, Henryk (Ed Stoppard).

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.

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Le pianiste
Nocturne in C# Minor, Posthumous
Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 - Allegro Molto
Ballad No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
Sonata No. 14 in C# Minor, Op. 27/2: 'Mondscheinsonate'
Suite No. 1 BWV 1007 for Solo Cello
Tantz, Tantz Yidelekh
Roddy Skeaping: Arrangement
Umowilem sie z nia na dziewiata
Marsz Strzelcow
Polish National Anthem
Roddy Skeaping: Performer
Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp Minor (1830)
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Chopin: Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Chopin: Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Chopin: Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Chopin: Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Chopin: Grande Polonaise for Piano and Orchestra (preceded by an Andante Spianato), Op. 22
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Chopin: Grande Polonaise brillante in E-flat major
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Wojciech Kilar: Moving to the Ghetto Oct. 31, 1940
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Chopin: Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
"Nocturne in C-shar Minor (1830)" - Frederic Chopin
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
"Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1" - Frederic Chopin
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
"Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1" - Frederic Chopin
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
"Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38" - Frederic Chopin
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
"Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23" - Frederic Chopin
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
"Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2" - Frederic Chopin
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
"Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4" - Frederic Chopin
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
"Grande Polonaise brillante preceded by an Andante spianato, Op. 22" - Frederic Chopin
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Moving to the Ghetto Oct. 31, 1940
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
"Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4" - Frederic Chopin
Wojciech Kilar: Performer
Goldberg Variations - Shame (Nicholas Angelich)
James Horner: Performer
Má Vlast - The Tree of Life (Paavo Berglund/Staatskapelle Dresden)
James Horner: Performer
Tristan und Isolde - Melancholia (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano)
James Horner: Performer
Casta Diva - The Iron Lady (Tullio Serafin/Maria Callas/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Coro del Teatro alla Sca
James Horner: Performer
Swan Lake - Black Swan (London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn)
James Horner: Performer
Symphony No. 7 - The King's Speech (Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti)
James Horner: Performer
Clair de Lune - Twilight (Leif Ove Andsnes)
James Horner: Performer
Cello Suite No. 1 - The Soloist (Pablo Casals)
James Horner: Performer
Peer Gynt - The Social Network (Ilse Hollweg/Beecham Choral Society/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham)
James Horner: Performer
Concerto for 2 Violins - Music of the Heart (Christian Ferras/Yehudi Menuhin/Bath Festival Orchestra)
James Horner: Performer
Polonaise - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Piotr Anderszewski)
James Horner: Performer
Concerto in G for Strings - Marie Antoinette (Andrew Parrott/Taverner Players)
James Horner: Performer
Symphony No. 6 - The Aviator (Antonio Pappano/Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma)
James Horner: Performer
Violin Concerto in D major - There Will Be Blood (Yehudi Menuhin/Berliner Philharmoniker/Rudolf Kempe)
James Horner: Performer
Die Forelle - Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake)
James Horner: Performer
Tosca - Quantum of Solace (Ruggero Raimondi/David Cangelosi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pa
James Horner: Performer
Ave Maria - 28 Days Later (Dame Janet Baker/Sir Philip Ledger)
James Horner: Performer
Lucia di Lammermoor - The Fifth Element (Natalie Dessay/Matthew Rose/Evelino Pidò/Concerto Köln/Sascha Recke
James Horner: Performer
Adagio for Strings - Platoon (Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)
James Horner: Performer
My Heart Will Go On - Titanic (Orchestra/David Abel)
James Horner: Performer
Main Theme - Star Wars (Geoff Love & His Orchestra)
James Horner: Performer
Cello Concerto in E minor - Hilary and Jackie (Jacqueline du Pré/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli)
James Horner: Performer
Canon in D - Ordinary People (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner)
James Horner: Performer
Main Theme - E.T. (Ron Goodwin)
James Horner: Performer
Main Theme - Schindler's List (Tasmin Little/Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Susskind)
James Horner: Performer
Préludes Livre I - The Usual Suspects (Samson François)
James Horner: Performer
Pathétique Sonata - The Age of Innocence (Walter Gieseking)
James Horner: Performer
Piano Concerto No. 5 - The Dead Poets Society (Emil Gilels/Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell)
James Horner: Performer
Cavatina - The Deer Hunter (Manuel Barrueco With Steve Morse)
James Horner: Performer
Carmina Burana - Natural Born Killers (Philharmonia Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti)
James Horner: Performer
Also sprach Zarathustra - 2001: A Space Odyssey (London Philharmonic Orchestra/David Bell/Klaus Tennstedt)
James Horner: Performer
Symphony No. 9 - A Clockwork Orange (James Morris/Westminster Choir/Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti)
James Horner: Performer
Jazz Suite No. 2 - Eyes Wide Shut (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Paavo Järvi)
James Horner: Performer
Nessun Dorma - Bend It Like Beckham (José Carreras/Choeurs de l'Opéra du Rhin/Orchestre Philharmonique de
James Horner: Performer
A Little Night Music - Alien (London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green)
James Horner: Performer
Suite in No. 3n - Seven (English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Philip Ledger)
James Horner: Performer
Trio "Puchberg" - Mission: Impossible (Augustin Dumay/Gérard Caussé/Gary Hoffman)
James Horner: Performer
Symphony "Unfinished" - Minority Report (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Charles Mackerras)
James Horner: Performer
Hungarian Rhapsody - Shine (Alfred Cortot)
James Horner: Performer
Le Nozze di Figaro - Runaway Bride (1990 Digital Remaster) (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis)
James Horner: Performer
Mandolin Concerto - Kramer vs. Kramer (Giovanni Scaramuzzino/Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi)
James Horner: Performer
Concerto Grosso - Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Bath Festival Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin)
James Horner: Performer
Requiem - The Big Lebowski (Patrizia Pace/Waltraud Meier/Frank Lopardo/James Morris/Swedish Radio Choir/Stockholm Chambe
James Horner: Performer
Nocturne No. 20 - The Pianist (Alexandre Tharaud)
James Horner: Performer
Impromptu - Billy Elliot (Lambert Orkis)
James Horner: Performer
Stabat Mater Dolorosa - The Talented Mister Ripley (Lesley Garrett/Paul Daniel/London Session Orchestra/Robin Blaze)
James Horner: Performer
Enigma Variations - Elizabeth (London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult)
James Horner: Performer
Memories of the Alhambra - Sideways (Christopher Parkening)
James Horner: Performer
Rhapsody in Blue - Manhattan (Wayne Marshall/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle)
James Horner: Performer
Flower Duet - Sex and the City (Mady Mesplé/Danielle Millet/Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Op&ea
James Horner: Performer
If Love's A Sweet Passion (Henry Purcell)
James Newton Howard: Performer
Main Titles
James Newton Howard: Performer
Frost Dance In C (Henry Purcell)
James Newton Howard: Performer
A Night With Lulu
James Newton Howard: Performer
Minuet In G (Henry Purcell)
James Newton Howard: Performer
Here The Deities Approve (Henry Purcell)
James Newton Howard: Performer
A Creature Of The New Age
James Newton Howard: Performer
Overture In D (Henry Purcell)
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Wedding
James Newton Howard: Performer
Hornpipe In D Minor (Henry Purcell)
James Newton Howard: Performer
Arrival In Bidnold
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Cabinet Of Curiosities
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Land Of Mar
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Lie
James Newton Howard: Performer
A New Ground In E Minor (Henry Purcell)
James Newton Howard: Performer
Merivel Woos Celia
James Newton Howard: Performer
Katharine Sleeps
James Newton Howard: Performer
Taking Bidnold Back
James Newton Howard: Performer
Muzette 1 In A Minor (Marin Marais)
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Right Knowledge
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Plague
James Newton Howard: Performer
Katharine's Death
James Newton Howard: Performer
Night Sweats
James Newton Howard: Performer
Hospital
James Newton Howard: Performer
Doctor Merivel
James Newton Howard: Performer
Listening To Celia's Heart
James Newton Howard: Performer
The Fire
James Newton Howard: Performer
Allegro From Sinfonia (Act II) (Henry Purcell)
James Newton Howard: Performer
Your Child I Believe
James Newton Howard: Performer
Newcastle (Traditional)
James Newton Howard: Performer
2nd Overture In D (Henry Purcell)
James Newton Howard: Performer
Casta Diva - The Iron Lady (Tullio Serafin/Maria Callas/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Coro del Teatro alla Sca
James Horner: Performer
Tosca - Quantum of Solace (Ruggero Raimondi/David Cangelosi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pa
James Horner: Performer
Lucia di Lammermoor - The Fifth Element (Natalie Dessay/Matthew Rose/Evelino Pidò/Concerto Köln/Sascha Recke
James Horner: Performer
Nessun Dorma - Bend It Like Beckham (José Carreras/Choeurs de l'Opéra du Rhin/Orchestre Philharmonique de
James Horner: Performer
Requiem - The Big Lebowski (Patrizia Pace/Waltraud Meier/Frank Lopardo/James Morris/Swedish Radio Choir/Stockholm Chambe
James Horner: Performer
Flower Duet - Sex and the City (Mady Mesplé/Danielle Millet/Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Op&ea
James Horner: Performer

User reviews

Brian Perez
6/10

The soundtrack of Le Pianiste skillfully captures the historical context of the film, providing a rich and immersive backdrop for the narrative.

Margaret Jones
6/10

The piano compositions in the film convey a deep emotional resonance, enhancing the storytelling and immersing the audience in the protagonist's struggle for survival.

George Thomas
8/10

The use of classical piano pieces in the soundtrack enhances the authenticity of the protagonist's character as a gifted pianist, adding a layer of realism to the story.

Matthew Wilson
5/10

The use of classical music in the film creates a stark contrast with the brutality and chaos of war, highlighting the power of art to transcend even the darkest of times.

William Baker
5/10

The music in Le Pianiste effectively conveys the themes of resilience and perseverance in the face of unimaginable adversity.

Amanda Campbell
5/10

The soundtrack beautifully underscores the emotional journey of Wladyslaw Szpilman, adding an extra layer of depth to his character development.

Sarah Phillips
6/10

The haunting melodies in Le Pianiste perfectly capture the sense of loss and despair experienced by the characters in war-torn Warsaw.

Steven Carter
1/10

The soundtrack of The Pianist did not effectively capture the emotional depth and intensity of the harrowing experiences depicted in the film. The music felt disconnected from the raw emotions and struggles of the characters, failing to enhance the storytelling.

Steven Walker
5/10

The music in the film serves as a poignant reminder of the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable suffering, leaving a lasting impact on the viewer.

Mark Robinson
5/10

The somber tones of the soundtrack evoke a sense of hopelessness and isolation, reflecting the harsh reality of life under Nazi occupation.

John Young
8/10

The soundtrack of The Pianist effectively captures the emotional depth and despair of the film's harrowing narrative through haunting and poignant musical compositions.

Patricia Lewis
1/10

Overall, the soundtrack of The Pianist missed the opportunity to elevate the powerful narrative of survival and resilience during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. It lacked a cohesive and emotionally resonant musical score that could have deepened the audience's connection to the characters and their struggles.

Jennifer Garcia
8/10

The music perfectly complements the scenes of struggle, resilience, and survival portrayed in the film, creating a powerful and immersive viewing experience for the audience.

David Hernandez
4/10

The choice of musical pieces in the soundtrack did not always align with the historical context and setting of the film. There were moments where the music felt out of place or inappropriate, diminishing the impact of key scenes and failing to create a cohesive atmosphere.

Brian Lopez
5/10

The subtle nuances in the musical score enhance the tension and drama of key scenes, creating a powerful cinematic experience for the audience.