The Pianist (2002 film)
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The Pianist is a 2002 epic biographical historical drama film co-produced and directed by Roman Polanski, with a script by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographica
US Theatrical release poster
Adrien Brody in 2011
Photograph of Władysław Szpilman
Mała Street in Warsaw's Praga-Północ district used for filming of The Pianist
Wilm Hosenfeld
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Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld was a German Catholic school teacher, Nazi activist, and propaganda and intelligence officer in the German Army during World War II. He served as the commander of prisoner-o
The Pianist (2002 film)
…fire to the hospital with flamethrowers during the razing of the city, Szpilman flees through the city's ruins and is discovered by Wehrmacht officer Wilm Hosenfeld, who learns that he is a pianist. After Szpilman plays Frédéric Chopin's "Ballade No. 1 in G minor" on the house's grand piano, the officer allows him…
Hosenfeld in 1939
The house at 223 Niepodległości Avenue in Warsaw, where Hosenfeld helped Władysław Szpilman
Commemorative plaque on the building
Maria Kotarba Dyplom