(at around 1h 50 mins) When Szpilman crawls past the woman who was shot in the back and died kneeling in front of the hospital before she reached the staircase, she has moved in front of the stairs.
(at around 1h 29 mins) When Szpilman is forced to leave his first hiding place after breaking the dishes, he has significant stubble on his face. However, when he reaches Dorota's apartment in the next scene, he's clean shaven.
The tin of gherkins Szpilman finds in the destroyed house changes size between shots.
(at around 1h 30 mins) When Szpilman goes to his friend of last resort for help, it is deep winter, with snow. A bunch of fresh yellow roses are on the table. The next morning, the roses are apricot-colored.
(at around 37 mins) When Szpilman crosses the bridge, an extra in glasses passes him twice.
When Germans parade around after capturing Warsaw, they go down Nowy Swiat street. Before and during the war, the street had a tram route. The street has shown has no tracks.
(at around 1h 45 mins) When Szpilman watching situation on street from his 2nd shelter, one of captured couple start running from soldier. The man apparently escaped, but woman was shot to her back. It took couple seconds from shot until she finally dropped to her knees and lean forward dead, so from the camera viewpoint the blood stream on her back should draw number "7", not a straight line slightly upward (agains gravity).
(at around 1h 8 mins) The German sergeant opens the sack of beans with a bayonet that is not German issue. It appears to be a Turkish Model 1890 bayonet. However, in war it's common for soldiers to use a weapon stolen or bought from another country if their own supplies are low.
Interestingly, the officer looks quite proud of his blade and so it is reasonable to think that he stole it.
Interestingly, the officer looks quite proud of his blade and so it is reasonable to think that he stole it.
(at around 1h 28 mins) When Szpilman is forced to leave his first hiding place after breaking the dishes, he encounters an angry woman in the hallway who asks for an identity card and seems ready to turn him in as a Jew. He is forced to rush past her to escape. But once he's outside the front door he seems relatively calm as she is not chasing him.
This is because the neighbor is in her night gown and would not risk going outside, all bark no bite one could say.
This is because the neighbor is in her night gown and would not risk going outside, all bark no bite one could say.
(at around 1h 55 mins) Near the end of the movie, Szpilman leaves the house where he has been hiding for a while. Warsaw is completely destroyed, and all buildings are in shambles, but all the streetlight poles are perfectly straight.
(at around 57 mins) Szpilman walks in formation along the street with a group of Jewish workmen. A German officer selects various men and executes them one by one by shooting them in the head. As the last man is shot, the hollow sound of a spent shell casing striking the ground is heard, but a complete cartridge with the bullet falls to the ground. A closer look will reveal it is actually a spent blank cartridge.
(at around 1h 40 mins) When Dorota and her husband visit Szpilman in his apartment, they see he has jaundice. Dorota soaks a dishcloth in water andoth up, her dress has no damp spots on it.
(at around 4 mins) In 1939, a radio plays Joseph Goebbels Sports Palace speech. Goebbels delivered that speech February 18th, 1943.
(at around 2h 20 mins) When Szpilman is playing in the closing scenes, the piano's "Steinway & Sons" logo is the style first used in the 1990s.
(at around 1h 45 mins) After the hospital near Szpilman's hideout bursts into flames, a German holds two Polish resistance fighters at gunpoint. When they escape, the German fires his rifle, a bolt-action Karibiner 98k, which then makes the sound of a shotgun being pumped.