A Bag of Marbles vs The Pianist
The Pianist has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.8/10 for A Bag of Marbles). A Bag of Marbles is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 30m. The Pianist is the older of the two (2002 against 2017). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Bag of Marbles
The Pianist| A Bag of Marbles | The Pianist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 2h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | France |
| Director | Christian Duguay | Roman Polanski |
| Main cast | Elsa Zylberstein, Christian Clavier, Bernard Campan, Émile Berling, César Domboy | Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Richard Ridings, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman |
Synopsis
A Bag of Marbles
At the beginning of the 1940s, in a France occupied by Nazi forces, lived the Jewish Joffo family. Happy and tight-knit, she sees her future darken when all members of the family are forced to wear the yellow star. Fearing the worst, the parents organized their family to flee to the free zone in the south of the country. Maurice, twelve years old, and Joseph, ten years old, will therefore leave alone in order to maximize their chances of…
The Pianist
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
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