The Pianist (2002)
Frank Finlay: Father
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Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Father : Well, to tell you the truth, I thought it would be worse.