They were degraded, they were hoarded up, and they were sent to die. A brave few fought back, but one man would not be beaten, would not be taken, and would stay and hide.
Wladyslaw Szpilman (Academy Award® Winner, Adrien Brody), a brilliant Polish pianist, a Jew, escapes deportation. Forced to live in the heart of the Warsaw ghetto, he shares the suffering the humiliation and the struggles, and manages to escape and hide in the ruins of the capital.