The Pianist Quotes (2002)
Father: Well, to tell you the truth, I thought it would be worse.
Wladyslaw Szpilman: It’s a funny time to say this, but…
[trailing off]
Halina: What?
Wladyslaw Szpilman: I wish I knew you better.
Radio announcer: Poland is no longer alone.
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.
Man Waiting to Cross: A bridge, a shmidge.
Mother: I am sick of cooking potatoes, potatoes, potatoes.
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.
Wladyslaw Szpilman: They all want to be better Nazis than Hitler.
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.
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.
Wladyslaw Szpilman: [taking off his watch] Here, sell this. Food is more important than time.
Yehuda: [introducing Wladek] Majorek, this is the greatest pianist in Poland, maybe the whole world.
Father: What do you think? Should I, should I take Uncle Shiva’s portrait?
Mother: Take it, don’t take it, take what you like!
[sigh]
Mother: Can’t you see I’m worried sick?
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.
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?
Dorota: [amazed] Mr. Szpilman?
Wladyslaw Szpilman: [breathless] Hello.
Dorota: I’ve come specially to meet you, I love your playing.
Wladyslaw Szpilman: [chuckling] Who are you?
Dorota: My name is Dorota, I am Jurek’s sister.
Itzak Heller: What do you think you’re doing Szpilman? I saved your life. Now go! Get out!
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.
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.
Itzak Heller: [Szpilman begins to run] Don’t run!
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