Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

The Pianist

The Pianist is an adaptation of the autobiography titled "The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw 1939-1945". The film stars Adrien Brody, who plays Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Jewish pianist who is forced into the Warsaw Ghetto during the genocide of the Jewish people during WWII. 

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