The Pianist is a memoir written by the Polish musician of Jewish origins Władysław Szpilman. He tells how he survived the German deportations of Jews to extermination camps, the 1943 destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, and the 1944 Warsaw Uprising during World War II. A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Władysław Szpilman Władysław Szpilman (December 5, 1911 – July 6, 2000) was a Polish pianist. ... Majdanek - crematorium Extermination camp (German Vernichtungslager) was the term applied to a group of camps set up by Nazi Germany during World War II for the express purpose of killing the Jews of Europe, although members of some other groups whom the Nazis wished to exterminate, such as Roma (Gypsies... The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany in General Government during the Holocaust in World War II. In the three years of its existence, starvation, disease and relocations to concentration camps dropped the population of the ghetto from an estimated 380,000 to... The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was a controversial armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation and Nazi rule. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. ...

Film

Main article: The Pianist (movie) Movie poster of The Pianist The Pianist is a 2002 movie directed by Roman Polanski staring Adrien Brody. ...

A 2002 film version was adapted by Ronald Harwood and stars Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox and Michał Żebrowski. The story was filmed by Roman Polański in 2001. Polański was awarded the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) award of the Cannes film festival on May 26, 2002. The film eventually premiered in Warsaw on September 5, 2002. The Pianist was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Brody won the Oscar for Best Actor and Polański the one for Best Director. It has also received a Cesar for best picture in 2003. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ronald Harwood (born November 9, 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a playwright and writer. ... Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. ... Emilia Fox (born 31 July 1974 in London, England) is an actress. ... Roman Polański Roman Polanski (born August 18, 1933) is a celebrated Polish film director and actor. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of groups, organizations and festivals that recognize achievements in cinema, usually by awarding various prizes. ... The palace in which the festival takes place. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 75th Academy Awards® Sunday, March 23, 2003 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California Host Show: Steve Martin Crew Producer: Gil Cates Duration 3 hours, 30 minutes The 75th Academy Awards® ceremony was originally intended to be an especially festive celebration of the ceremonys 75th anniversary. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... The C sar Award is the national film award of France first given out in 1975. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Tagline: Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

External links

• Official website (http://www.thepianistmovie.com/)
• The Pianist (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253474/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Władysław Szpilman information and biography (http://www.szpilman.net/)