Now!
Majorek.
I have a favor to ask.
I want to get out of here.
It's easy to get out. It's how you'll survive on the other side that's hard.
I know.
Last summer, I worked for a day in the Zelazna Brama Square.
I saw someone I knew, she's an old friend.
A singer, her husband is an actor.
I've filled their names down and their address, if they're still there.
Janina Godlewska and Andrzej Bogucki. They're good people.
Would you try to make contact?
You go to town everyday. Ask them if they'd help me get out of here.
Have you got any plaster?
What are you up to?
What have you got there?
We are allowed to take food to the ghetto.
Three kilos of potato and bread.
Open it.
- It's only potatoes and bread. - You're lying. That's not true.
Open it.
Potatoes!
You Jews are all alike.
We reach you with a finger...
and you take the whole hand.
If you lie to me again, I'll kill you. Personally.
I've tried your friends.
- They don't live there anymore. - Did you make contact?
- Be ready to leave. - When?
- Soon. - Halt!
Shit! Shit!
Wait. What's going on here?
Take this! Take this!
I'll teach you some discipline, you dirty Jews.
Do you know why you're being hit?
- No. - Do you know why you're being hit?
- Why? - To celebrate New Year.
On the march!
March and sing!
Sing something nice!
Loud and clear!
Reunite tonight And follow the white eagle
Stand up and fight Our mortal enemies
Rise on the day Let's give them fire and brimstone
We'll do away The Yoke of slavery
Punish and rout The rapists of our nation
We'll slash them out To save our dignity
Come.
I'm sorry.
I'm dirty. I'm so filthy.
We haven't much time. Come on.
We must hurry.
Here. See if this fit.
We have to keep moving you. Germans are hunting down indiscriminately.
Jews, non-Jews, anybody, everybody.
You better shave. Use my razor on the shelf.
You'll be looked after by Gebczynski.
He's on the other side of town.
You stay there tonight, then we'll find you somewhere else.
- I'll bring you food. - Alright, let's go.
I'll show you where you're going to sleep.
You have to stay here until tomorrow afternoon.
We have a flat for you near the ghetto wall. But it's safe.
It's not going to be very comfortable.
I'll be fine.
Thank you.
Here. Here. Give it to me.
Go as near to the front as possible, to the German section.
DO NOT PASS
I'm going to draw the curtains now.
But you leave them open during the day. Don't forget.
Must feel better on this side of the wall, eh?
Yes.
But sometimes I'm still not sure which side of the wall I'm on.
Some bread, potatoes, onions.
I'll come again. Janina will visit you twice a week.
To bring more food, see how you are.
Thank you.
This is very important. In case of emergency...
I mean emergency, go to this address.
What do you mean you forgot?
What do you think I mean? I forgot, that's what I mean.
- You know, you treat me like dirt. - Because you are a dirt.
- Pig! Pig! - Bitch!
- Dirty pig! - You are a dirty pig!
Takes one to know one. Pig.
- You play like an angel. - Then why don't you listen?
- I'm listening. - Liar.
You fell asleep. Pig.
Spread out! We're being attacked!
Take cover!
Shoot!
Take cover! Fire!
Come on, get out!
The attack was successful.
That building...
Turn that way!
Shoot!
Thank you.
- I wanted to come earlier, but... - No, thank you.
No-one thought they'd hold out so long.
I never should've come out. I should have stayed and fought with them.
Wladek, stop that. It's over now.
Just be proud of them.
- My God, did they put up a fight! - Yes.
- So did the Germans. - They are in shock!
They didn't expect it. Nobody expected it. Jews fighting back.
- Who would have thought? - What good did it do?
What good?
Wladek, I'm surprised with you.
They died with dignity. And you know something else?
Now the Poles will rise. We are ready.
We'll fight too. You'll see.
Get your things together. You have to leave.
What? What's happened?
- I'm on the run. - What's happened?
The Gestapo found our weapons. They've arrested Janina and Andrzej.
They're bound to find out about this place too. You must get away at once.
Where do you want me to go?
Look at me, I'm not leaving.
- Can I take my chances here? - That's your decision.
But when they storm the flat, throw yourself out the window...
don't let them get you alive.
I have poison on me. They won't get me alive either.
Open up!
Open the door or we'll call the police!
Are you from this flat? You're not registered.
It belongs to a friend of mine. I just came to visit, but I missed him.
Have you got your identity card?
- Let me see your identity card. - Yes, of course.
- I want to see your identity card! - What's happening?
He's a Jew! A Jew!
Stop the Jew!
Don't let him out! Stop him!
- Yes? - Mr. Gebczynski sent me.
- Wladyslaw Szpilman. - Dorota.
Come in.
I'm sorry.
I was given this address and I'm looking for a Mr. Dzikiewicz.
Michal Dzikiewicz, he's my husband.
Come in.
Sit.
I need help.
He'll be back before curfew.
I've been in hiding.
- I need somewhere to stay. - He'll be here soon.
- How long have you been married? - Just over a year.
And how is Jurek?
Dead.
- When is your baby due? - Christmas.
This is not a good time to have children, but then...
This is my husband. Wladyslaw Szpilman.
- Marek Gebczynski sent him. - Yes, I remember.
He said to contact you only in case of emergency.
Don't worry now.
We can't move you tonight. You'll sleep on the sofa.
Excuse me.
I'm sorry, could I have a piece of bread?
Yes, of course. We will eat.
Sit. Please, sit.
Thank you.
You're on a very German area.
On the opposite is a hospital taking wounded from the Russian front.
And next door is the Schutzpolizei.
Safest place to be.
Right at the heart of the lion's den.
I'll be locking you in.
No-one knows you're here, so keep as quiet as possible.
All well?
Thank you.
This is Antek Szalas. He'll be looking after you.
- How do you do? - How do you do?
Thank you.
I've given him a second key. He'll bring food, see that you're alright.
He's with the underground, he's a good man.
- You don't remember me? - I don't think so.
Warsaw Radio. I was a technician.
I saw you almost everyday.
- I'm sorry, I don't remember. - It doesn't matter.
You've nothing to worry about. I'll visit often.
You'll be pleased to hear that the Allies are bombing Germany...
night after night, after night.
Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin.
And the Russians are giving them hell. It's the beginning of the end.
Let's hope so.
Come here.
Be careful with it.
That's it. Be careful.
Still alive then?
Here. Sausage, bread.
You still got that vodka?
- How long is this meant to last? - Not long now.
I think I've got jaundice.
Don't worry about that. It just makes you look funny.
My grandfather was jilted by his girlfriend when he got jaundice.
Drink up.
Why didn't you come sooner? It's been over two weeks...
Problems.
Money.
I've got to raise money to buy the food.
I need things to sell, it's not easy.
Here. Sell this.
Food is more important than time.
Oh, yes. I meant to tell you! The Allies have landed in France.
Russians will be here soon.
They'll beat the shit out of the Germans...
any day now.
Wladek?
I knew it. I knew this would happen.
- I'll get a doctor. - You can't. It's too dangerous.
- Dr. Luczak. We can trust him. - Ridiculous. He's a pediatrician.
- He's still a doctor. - No.
You stay. I'll go.
We came to say goodbye.
We're going to stay with my mother in Otwocks.
The baby is already there. It's safer.
There's talk that the uprising will begin any day now.
That man Szalas should be shot.
He's been collecting money on your behalf all over Warsaw.
Apparently people gave generously, so he collected a tidy sum.
My God.
The liver the size of a football. Inflammation of the gall bladder...
but he'll live.
I'll try to get him some laevulose, but it's not easy.
- Can you visit him again? - Who knows.
- Doctor, thank you. - Don't speak, rest.
Thank you so much for coming.
We've brought you some food.
I'll prepare something now for you, then we must go.
I'll throw a grenade!
There's a wounded man over there!
Come.
Watch out! Watch out!
- I'll go get help! - Hurry!
Come on! Bring the litter!
Go back inside!
Get out, get out in the streets!
Get out now! The Germans have surrounded the building!
Somebody... Somebody help me!
Are you alright? There's too much dust.
I'll check this side. Don't worry.
Be careful!
- Heinrich? - I'm checking!
Is there anybody here?
- Come on down! - Alright, I'm coming.
Come on, pile them up.
Throw it.
We have to mark everything.
Come on.
What are you doing here?
Who are you?
- Do you understand? - Yes.
What are you doing?
I was...
trying to open this can.
Do you live here?
Do you work here?
No.
What do you do for a living?
I am...
I was a pianist.
Pianist?
Come.
Play something.
Are you hiding here?
Jew?
Where are you hiding yourself?
In the attic.
Show it to me.
Have you got anything to eat?
According to them, it's very important that...
Attention!
- At ease. - At ease.
Jew?
Please.
What does it mean, all that shooting?
The Russians, on the other side of the river.
You just have to hold on a couple of weeks, not more.
- What's going on? - We're leaving.
- Are the Russians here? - Not yet.
I don't know how to thank you.
Thank God, not me.
He wants us to survive. At least, we have to believe in that.
Here. Take it.
- And you? - I have another one. Warmer.
What are you going to do when this is over?
I'll play piano again at the Polish radio station.
Tell me your name.
Maybe I'll listen to you playing.
Szpilman.
Perfect name for a pianist.
German! German!
Don't shoot, I'm Polish!
I'm Polish!
- Come out with your hands up! - Please! I beg of you!
Don't shoot, don't shoot. I beg you, I'm a Polish.
Come down!
Please, I'm Polish. Please.
He's Polish.
Yes, he's Polish.
Why the fucking coat?
I'm cold.
Look at them. German fuckers!
Murderers! Murderers!
- Dirty bastards! - Assassins!
- Bastards! - Look at you now!
You took everything I had. Me, a musician.
You took my violin, you took my soul.
Musician?
Are you a musician?
Do you know...
a pianist called Szpilman, from the Polish radio station?
- Of course I know him. - I helped him to hide himself.
Tell him I'm here.
Ask him to help me.
- What's your name? - Hosenfeld.
What?
It was here, I'm certain of it.
Well, it's not here now.
I shouted, abused them. I'm not proud of it, but that's what I did.
I stood where you are now.
There was a barbed wire and this German came up to me.
- You didn't catch his name? - No.
I'll ask at the factory. They may know something.