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The Pianist Movie Quotes

[Szpilman is discovered by the Polish army, wearing the German dress coat given him by Capt. Hosenfeld]

Wladyslaw Szpilman No. Please. I'm Polish. I'm not a German.

Polish Soldier Then why the fucking coat?

Wladyslaw Szpilman I'm cold.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman What are you reading?

Henryk Szpilman "If you prick us, do we not bleed? It you tickle us, we we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"

Wladyslaw Szpilman [seeing that it is Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice] Very appropriate.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman I don't know how to thank you.

Captain Wilm Hosenfeld Thank God, not me. He wants us to survive. Well, that's what we have to believe.

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Captain Wilm Hosenfeld What is your name? So I can listen for you.

Wladyslaw Szpilman My name is Szpilman.

Captain Wilm Hosenfeld Spielmann? That is a good name, for a pianist.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman It's a funny time to say this, but...

[trailing off]

Halina What?

Wladyslaw Szpilman I wish I knew you better.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman They all want to be better Nazis than Hitler.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman [taking off his watch] Here, sell this. Food is more important than time.

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Dorota No-one play Chopin like you.

Wladyslaw Szpilman I hope that's a compliment.

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Wailing Woman Why did I do it? Why did I do it? Why did I do it?

Halina She's getting on my nerves. What did she do, for God's sake?

Father She smothered her baby.

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Halina We could hide the money. Look here. We can hide the money under the flower pots.

Father No, no, no, no, I'll tell you what we do. We use tried and tested methods. You know what we did in the last war? We made a hole in the table leg

[taps the leg]

Father and hid the money in there.

Henryk Szpilman And suppose they take the table away?

Father What do you mean, take the table away?

Henryk Szpilman The Germans go into Jewish homes and they just take what they want, furniture, valuable, anything.

Mother Do they?

Father Idiot, what would they want with a table, a table like this?

[rips a piece of wood off the table]

Mother What on earth are you doing!

Halina No, listen. This is the best place for it. No-one would think of looking under the flower pots.

Henryk Szpilman No, no, no, listen, listen to me, I've been thinking...

Wladyslaw Szpilman Oh, really? That's a change.

Henryk Szpilman You know what we do? We use psychology.

Wladyslaw Szpilman We use *what*?

Henryk Szpilman We leave the money and the watch on the table, and we cover it like this, in full view.

Wladyslaw Szpilman [amazed] Are you stupid?

Henryk Szpilman The Germans will search high and low, I promise you, they'll never notice!

Wladyslaw Szpilman That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen, of course they'll notice it. Look.

[takes the violin and a bill, folds it and slips it into the opening of the violin]

Wladyslaw Szpilman Look here... idiot.

Henryk Szpilman And you call me stupid?

Mother No, that is very good, because that is the last place they will ever look.

Henryk Szpilman This will take hours!

Mother We're not in a hurry, we'll get it back...

Wladyslaw Szpilman It won't take hours.

Henryk Szpilman How will you get them out? Tell me that, tell me how, I'd like to know, how would you get them out. You take each one out individually...

Halina No-one listens to me, no-one.

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Henryk Szpilman What's the matter with you all, huh? You lost your sense of humor?

Wladyslaw Szpilman That's not funny.

Henryk Szpilman Well, you know what's funny? You're funny, with that ridiculous tie.

Wladyslaw Szpilman [getting angry] What're you talking about my tie for? What does my tie have to do with anything? I need this tie for my work!

Henryk Szpilman [mocking] Oh, your work.

Wladyslaw Szpilman Yes, that's right, I work!

Henryk Szpilman Yes, yes, your work. Playing the piano for the parasites in the ghetto.

Wladyslaw Szpilman Parasites...

Henryk Szpilman Yes, parasites. They don't give a damn about people suffering.

Wladyslaw Szpilman And you blame me for their apathy, right?

Henryk Szpilman [accusing] I do, because I see it everyday. They don't even notice what's going on around them.

Father I blame the Americans.

Wladyslaw Szpilman [visibly upset] For what, for my tie?

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Yehuda [regarding the underground newspapers] These will start the uprising. Majorek hides them in his underpants, and leaves them in toilets.

Majorek As many toilets as I can find. Germans never use Jewish toilets. They're too clean for them.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman I'm not going anywhere.

Halina Good. I'm not going anywhere either.

Mother Don't be ridiculous, we've got to keep together.

Wladyslaw Szpilman Look, look... If I'm going to die, I prefer to die in my own home. I'm staying put.

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Feather Woman Excuse me, have you seen my husband, Izaak Szerman? A tall, a tall handsome man, with a little grey beard. No? Oh, excuse me. Goodbye, sleep well. But if you see him, write to me, yes? Izaak Szerman!

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Wladyslaw Szpilman It's an official decree, no Jews allowed in the parks.

Dorota What, are you joking?

Wladyslaw Szpilman No, I'm not. I would suggest we sit down on a bench, but that's also an official decree, no Jews allowed on benches.

Dorota This is absurd.

Wladyslaw Szpilman So, we should just stand here and talk, I don't think we're not allowed to do that.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman So, you play the cello, Dorota. That's nice. And who's your favorite composer? Chopin? Really? Well, you'll have to learn to play his cello sonata, won't you? And what about you, Wladek? Well, perhaps I can accompany? Me on the piano, you on the cello?

Dorota Mr. Szpilman, you are quite, quite wonderful.

Wladyslaw Szpilman [kisses Dorota's hand] Call me Wladek. Please.

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Itzak Heller What do you think you're doing Szpilman? I saved your life. Now go! Get out!

Itzak Heller [Szpilman begins to run] Don't run!

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Mother [crying] 20 zloty, that's all we have left, 20 zloty. What can I buy with 20 zloty? I am sick of cooking potatoes, potatoes, potatoes.

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Dorota I nagged Jurek for weeks and weeks, and at last he gave in and said, "Allright, come with me tomorrow." So I came and... they bombed the station!

Wladyslaw Szpilman Meeting you like that was absolutely wonderful.

Dorota Really?

Wladyslaw Szpilman Yes. It was... it was unforgettable.

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Henryk Szpilman I told her not to worry, you had your papers on you. If you'd been hit by a bomb, they'd have known where to take you.

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Halina Have you seen this?

Wladyslaw Szpilman [impatient] What? What? I'm working. What? What is this?

Halina It's where they're going to put us.

Wladyslaw Szpilman What do you mean "put us"?

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Henryk Szpilman Ah, more Jewish police. You mean you want me to beat up Jews and catch the Gestapo spirit? I see.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman I love to see a woman playing the cello.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman You've got to give me something to do.

Yehuda You're an artist, Wladek. You do enough.

Wladyslaw Szpilman I want to help. I want to do something.

Yehuda You're too well known, Wladek. And you know what? You musicians don't make good conspirators. You're too... too... musical!

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Lednicki You took everything I had. Me, a musician. You took my violin, you took my soul.

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Jurek [after Dorota meets Wladek] Come on Dorota, you can write him a fan letter later, this isn't the best time. Come on.

Wladyslaw Szpilman Jurek! Where have you been hiding her?

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Wladyslaw Szpilman Its too small. There's 400,000 of us in Warsaw.

Henryk Szpilman No, there's 360,000. So it will be easy.

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Dorota [running from bombing] Mr. Szpilman?

Wladyslaw Szpilman Hello.

Dorota Oh, I came specially to meet you. I love your playing.

Wladyslaw Szpilman Who are you?

Dorota My name is Dorota. I, I'm Jurek's sister... You're bleeding.

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Man Waiting to Cross And the Germans claim to be intelligent! You know what I think, I think they are totally stupid. I have a family to feed. I spend half my time here, waiting for them to let us through. Why do they think I come here, to listen to the music?

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Mr. Lipa 2,000 and my advice is to take it. What will you do when you're hungry? Eat the piano?

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Wladyslaw Szpilman They bombed us, we're off the air.

Henryk Szpilman Warsaw's not the only radio station.

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Regina Quiet please. Quiet. Order, order! Please!

Halina She's a lawyer, she likes order.

Regina Listen, just listen. The watch we put under the flower pots and the money we stuff in the violin.

Father Will I still be able to play?

Wladyslaw Szpilman Well... you'll find out.

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Henryk Szpilman [discussing the star of David] I won't wear it.

Regina *I* won't wear it. I'm not going to be branded.

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Father What do you think? Should I, should I take Uncle Szymon's portrait?

Mother Take it, don't take it, take what you like!

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Mother Can't you see I'm worried sick?

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Dorota I'll get a doctor.

Dorota's Husband You can't, it's too dangerous.

Dorota I'll get Doctor Laczek, we can trust him.

Dorota's Husband Dorota, don't be ridiculous, he's a pediatrician.

Dorota He's still a doctor.

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Majorek They're exterminating us. It won't take them long. We are 60 thousand left, out of half a million. Mostly young people. And this time we're gonna fight.

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[last lines]

Lednicki It was here, I'm certain of it. Well, it's not here now. I shouted, abused them. I'm not proud of it, but that's what I did. I stood where you are now. There was a barbed wire and this German came up to me. You didn't catch his name?

Wladyslaw Szpilman No.

Lednicki I'll ask at the factory. They may know something.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman Where are we going?

Mother Phhhhh, out of Warsaw.

Wladyslaw Szpilman [confused] Out of Warsaw? Where?

Regina You haven't heard?

Wladyslaw Szpilman [exasperated] Heard what?

Regina Haven't you seen the paper?

Wladyslaw Szpilman No!

Regina Ah, where's the paper?

Halina I used it for packing.

Regina [incredulous] Ah, she used it for packing.

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Radio announcer Poland is no longer alone.

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Wladyslaw Szpilman What... what do you think you'll do while you're setting up your new line of defense? Wander around luggin' your suitcases?

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Father Well, to tell you the truth, I thought it would be worse.

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Man Waiting to Cross A bridge, a shmidge.

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Henryk Szpilman I thought you only recruited boys with rich fathers. Look at my father, look at us.

Itzak Heller Yes, I'm looking at you, and that's why I'm here. Your whole family can have a better life. You want to go on struggling for survival, selling books on the street?

Henryk Szpilman Yes, please.

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Yehuda Majorek used to be in the army. Brilliant man. The only thing I've got against him is he's not a socialist.

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