THE PIANIST

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As space for the screening is limited, please reserve your tickets by sending an e-mail message with your name and telephone number to holocaustremembrance@un.org.


New York: Holocaust Film Series: The PianistPosted: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
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The United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) in partnership with the New York Tolerance Center (NYTC) will be screening Roman Polanski’s Academy Award winning film The Pianist as the latest instalment in the film series organized under the Holocaust and the United Nations outreach programme. The screening will take place on 19 July at 6 p.m. at the New York Tolerance Center (226 East 42nd St. @ 3rd Av.). The movie is based on the autobiography of Wladyslav Szpilman, a Polish Jew and celebrated pianist and composer who, during the Nazi occupation, evaded deportation and remained in the ravaged Warsaw Ghetto. There he fought to stay alive even when separated from his loved ones, confronted his fears and found aid in the unlikeliest source –a Nazi officer who helped him hide during the final days of the war. The production won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Academy Awards for Directing, Lead Actor Adrien Brody, and Adapted Screenplay in 2002. As space for the screening is limited, please reserve your tickets by sending an e-mail message with your name and telephone number to holocaustremembrance@un.org. The Holocaust and the United Nations outreach programme, as mandated by General Assembly resolution 60/7, aims to mobilize civil society for Holocaust remembrance and education, in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide. The film series is being organized as part of that effort. More information on the outreach programme can be found at www.un.org/holocaustremembrance.