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Wladyslaw Szpilman (1911–2000)

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Wladyslaw Szpilman was born in 1911 in Sosnowiec. On leaving school, he went to Warsaw to study music (piano) in the Chopin School of Music, under Professor Jozef Smidowicz, and later, under Professor Aleksander Michalowski (both scholars of Franz List). In 1931 he went to Berlin to the Academy of Music... See full bio »

Born:

in Sosnowiec, Poland, Russian Empire [now Sosnowiec, Slaskie, Poland]

Died:

(age 88) in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
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1958 What Will My Wife Say to This?
 
1951 Peace Will Win (documentary)
 
1939 Doktór Murek
 
1938 Wrzos
 
1934 Swit, dzien i noc Palestyny (documentary)
 
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2002 The Pianist (musician: piano - uncredited)
 
1989 Pilkarski poker (composer: song "Dwaj przyjaciele z boiska")
 
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2002 The Pianist (based on the book by)
 
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2003 A Story of Survival: Behind the Scenes of 'The Pianist' (video documentary short)
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Alternate Names:

Wladyslaw Spielman | Wladislaus Spielmann

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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