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A Jewish-themed film won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. “The Pianist,” directed by Roman Polanski, is based on the memoirs of Wladislaw Szpilman, a Jewish musician who survived World War II in the Warsaw Ghetto.

May 28, 2002
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A Jewish-themed film won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. “The Pianist,” directed by Roman Polanski, is based on the memoirs of Wladislaw Szpilman, a Jewish musician who survived World War II in the Warsaw Ghetto.

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