After building a successful business, the 1990s saw Micheal Zinn fulfilling what many consider to be the American dream. He had no reason to think that his entrepreneurial skills would make him the subject of a Federal investigation, but in 1996, a knock on the door quickly escalated to a brutal prosecution for a variety of offenses of which he had no knowledge.
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this gala New Year's Eve performance, organized to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death.
A player in a famous orchestra finds sexual experiences with a Russian opera singer, which he enjoys much because his wife has just left due to the fact that he has purchased a porno movie.
