Description: The PianistCast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia FoxDirector: Roman PolanskiRunTime: 148 minutes (aprox.)Genre: DramaLanguage: English (audio)Subtitles: Greek (Optional - Removable)Region: 2 EUROPE PAL (not for the USA & Canada)Picture: .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 true 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. The Pianist was based on the memoir of the same name by the real-life Wladyslaw Szpilman, the book was first published in 1946 as Death of a City, but was banned by Polish Communist officials and went out of print until 1998, when a new edition was issued as The Pianist..We do not sell copies, bootleg, or DVD-R. Item was circulated in Greece. Full movie in promotional sleeve.WE DO NOT ACCEPT RETURNS DUE YOUR EQUIPMENT INCOMPATIBILITYNO RETURNS WILL BE ACCEPT DUE NO CAREFULLY READING OF THE ITEM DESCRIPTIONADVD1331 click here for 1000s movies click here for 100s Greek movies click here for Adrien Brody movies click here for Thomas Kretschmann movies click here for Frank Finlay movies click here for Maureen Lipman movies click here for Roman Polanski movies click here for Drama movies click here for Italian movies click here for French movies WARNING: NO USA COMPATIBLEOUR DVD DO NOT PLAY IN STANDARD USA/CANADA DVD PLAYERS(BUT PLAYS FINE IN ANY PC/LAPTOP DVD-PLAYER)OUR DVD IS GREEK (EUROPEAN) VERSIONS NOT FOR STANDARD USA/CANADA DVD PLAYERSPROMOTIONAL DVD NOT SEALED IN EXCELLENT CONDITIONDvd case is partial in Greek languageWARNING: NO USA COMPATIBLE
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Location: Athens
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Format: DVD
Genre: Drama
Sub-Genre: Military & War
Region Code: 2 PAL (DO NOT PLAY IN STANDARD USA/CANADA DVD PLAYERS)
Edition: Promo
Director: Roman Polanski
Leading Role: Adrien Brody Thomas Kretschmann
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Movie/TV Title: The Pianist
Actor: Frank Finlay Maureen Lipman
Release Year: 2002
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek (Optional - Removable)
RunTime: 148 minutes
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