''The Pianist'' is a story of W adys aw Szpilman, pianist and composer who lived in Warsaw during the war and escaped from train to Auschwitz. ''It is my most personal movie'' - said Roman Pola ski. ''The Pianist'' won a main prize ''Golden Palm'' at Cannes Festival as well and was awarded in 7 categories by ''Cesar'' in France including music). Roman Pola ski and Wojciech Kilar has met twice in the past and worked together at making ''Death and a Maiden'' (1994) and ''The Ninth Gate'' (2000).