The Pianist
September 25, 2013The Pianist
Call Number: DVD01100
Director/Distributor: Roman Polanski
Format: DVD video : English : Widescreen ed
Language: Closed-captioned. In English, French or Spanish with English, French or Spanish subtitle.
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : Universal, ©2003.
Notes: Based on the book Śmierć miasta by Wladyslaw Szpilman.
Videodisc release of a 2002 motion picture.
Special features: “A story of survival” featurette which includes insight into the making of the film, Roman Polanski’s own story of survival during WWII, behind-the-scenes interviews with Oscar winners Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody and Ronald Harwood, clips of Wladyslaw Szpilman playing the piano.
Summary: Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis.
OCLC #: 52498257
Added: 9/25/2013
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection