Polanski's unsettling take on the Warsaw ghetto.

(From Jerusalem Post)

Byline: Hannah Brown

THE PIANIST

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Starring Adrien Brody, Daniel Caltagirone, Thomas Kretschmann,

Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman,

Directed by Roman Polanski.

Written by Ronald Harwood.

Based upon the book

by Wladyslaw Szpilman.

Hebrew title: Ha Psantran.

Running time: 148 minutes.

English and German dialogue,

Hebrew titles.

Roman Polanski's The Pianist is a masterful, disturbing look at one Jew's survival in the Warsaw Ghetto. The tone is often somewhat muted and this is a bit unsettling, as most of us are used to being manipulated by directors trying to elicit emotional reactions from audiences. Where nearly …