Poland under Stalinist rule, 1953. A young nun Anna is brought to a prison where an influential priest is kept in. She discovers the priest is the man she loved a few years before. Communist authorities try to make her spy on him now.

二战期间，一位天才的波兰犹太钢琴家，四处躲藏以免落入纳粹的魔爪。他在华沙的犹太区里饱受着饥饿的折磨和各种羞辱，整日处在死亡的威胁下。他躲过了地毯式的搜查，藏身于城市的废墟中。幸运的是他的音乐才华感动了一名德国军官，在军官的冒死保护下，钢琴家终于捱到了战争结束，迎来了自由的曙光。