Gezhi Town vs The Pianist
The Pianist has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 4.9/10 for Gezhi Town). Gezhi Town is the shorter watch at 2h 2m compared with 2h 30m. The Pianist is the older of the two (2002 against 2025). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gezhi Town
The Pianist| Gezhi Town | The Pianist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.9/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 2m | 2h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | France |
| Director | Kong Sheng | Roman Polanski |
| Main cast | Ni Dahong, Liao Fan, Gao Xuanming, Peng Yuchang, Xiao Zhan | Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Richard Ridings, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman |
Synopsis
Gezhi Town
A group of Chinese refugees and straggler soldiers, led by a machinist, defend their mountain town, "Gezhi," against a surprise attack by Japanese reconnaissance troops in a desperate fight using civilian ingenuity against a trained military force.
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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