The Pianist is based on the memoirs of Polish musician ... Halfway through the movie, there’s a great, brief scene where Szpilman is hidden away in a Warsaw apartment and unable to touch its ...

Watch scenes from the winning performance and others ... winner in history for his performance in Roman Polanski's "The Pianist," as Wladyslaw Szpilman, a musician struggling to survive in the ...

Adrien Brody is now a two-time Oscar-winning actor for his performances in The Brutalist and The Pianist. Both these roles share a common link of surviving through documented tragedies.