Based on the autobiographical memoirs “The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945”, The Pianist depicts the life of the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman in Warsaw during German occupation in WW II.
A German torpedo hit the RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915. Shortly after, a substantial second explosion shook the ship. Within 20 minutes, the vessel known as the "Greyhound of the Seas" had sunk to the ocean floor, resulting in the deaths of almost 1200 individuals. A new two-step investigation...