Taking Sides vs The Pianist
The Pianist has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.2/10 for Taking Sides). Taking Sides is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h 30m. Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Taking Sides
The Pianist| Taking Sides | The Pianist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, Music, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | France |
| Director | István Szabó | Roman Polanski |
| Main cast | Harvey Keitel, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgård | Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Richard Ridings, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman |
Synopsis
Taking Sides
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute…
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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