The Pianist

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

A harrowing, intimate portrait of one man's struggle to survive the Holocaust through music and will, grounded in historical tragedy and profound loss.

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.