The Pianist Articles

AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS / GOODBYE, CHILDREN (1987) Direction and screenplay: Louis Malle Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré De Malberg, François Berléand, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Irène Jacob Oscar Movies, European Film Award Movies Highly Recommended Raphael Fejtö, Gaspard Manesse, Au revoir les enfants Synopsis: At a Catholic boys' school in occupied France, a snotty rich kid, Julien (Gaspard Manesse), slowly befriends an [...]

Diane Lane in Adrian Lyne's Unfaithful (top); Christopher Walken in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (middle); Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody on the set of The Pianist (bottom) Alan Alda: Oscar Veterans 2004 Diane Lane Diane Lane was nominated as Best Actress for Adrian Lyne's psychological crime drama Unfaithful. She lost to Nicole Kidman for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry's The [...]

Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski's The Pianist The story of Polish-Jewish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman, who survived World War II against all odds, Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002) was sold as a motion picture about the "triumph of the human spirit." For those who believe that human survival instinct is somehow "spiritual" — I'm assuming most people do; I'm not one of them [...]

Roman Polanski, who won a best director Oscar for the Holocaust drama The Pianist in 2003, was arrested at the Zurich airport last night. According to reports, the 76-year-old filmmaker could face extradition to the United States for charges of having sex with a minor in the late 1970s. Polanski, who was in Switzerland to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival, [...]