In this adaptation of the autobiography "The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945," Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jewish radio station pianist, sees Warsaw ...

Roman Polanski’s The Pianist (Focus Features) has a classical detachment that keeps the cruelty at a distance—yet, paradoxically, heightens it. In the first scene, the title character, Wladyslaw ...

Wladyslaw Szpilman is playing a recital for Polish radio on Aug. 1, 1939. He continues as the first bombs of the invading Nazis rock the studio. He quits only when the station is knocked off air. This ...