The Pianist 2002
Director: Roman Polanski | Starring: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.