The Burning Cold vs The Pianist
The Pianist has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.6/10 for The Burning Cold). The Burning Cold is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 30m. The Pianist is the older of the two (2002 against 2023). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| The Burning Cold | The Pianist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 2h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | France |
| Director | Santi Trullenque | Roman Polanski |
| Main cast | Pedro Casablanc, Roger Casamajor, Greta Fernández, Dani Codina, Adrià Collado | Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Richard Ridings, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman |
Synopsis
The Burning Cold
Winter of 1943. Andorra, a small country in the Pyrenees. In the tense calm of a borderland, where echoes of a nearby war reach the ears of the local inhabitants, Antonio and Sara, a young, married couple, are expecting their first child. No one knows exactly what is going on, nor what is being fought over, the priority is just to survive another day. When a family of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution arrives in the valley, the locals will find…
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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