The Pianist (2002)
Directed by Roman Polanski
A Jewish pianist in Warsaw survives the occupation, the ghetto and the city's destruction by hiding in one empty flat after another.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Polish Radio studio, 1939≈ 00:01:00Warsaw, PolandStated on screen
Szpilman is playing Chopin live on the radio when German bombs hit the building.
- 2Family flat and the Warsaw Ghetto≈ 00:10:00Warsaw, PolandStated on screen
The family is forced into the walled ghetto, where Szpilman plays in a café as the starvation worsens.
- 3Umschlagplatz, Warsaw≈ 00:55:00Stated on screen
- 4Hiding place outside the ghetto wall≈ 01:20:00Warsaw, PolandInferred
- 5Ruined house, Aleja Niepodległości area≈ 01:55:00Warsaw, PolandInferred
- 6Polish Radio, after the war≈ 02:20:00Warsaw, PolandStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 5.9 km
- Places
- 2
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 6
- On foot: 5.9 km
- Not shown: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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