The Pianist
- Released on
Drama, War
•- Runtime
- 150 mins
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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.
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.
Cast
- Adrien Brody
- Thomas Kretschmann
- Frank Finlay
- Maureen Lipman
- Emilia Fox
- Ed Stoppard
- Julia Rayner
- Jessica Kate Meyer
- Michał Żebrowski
- Wanja Mues
- Richard Ridings
- Nomi Sharron
- Anthony Milner
- Lucy Skeaping
- Roddy Skeaping
- Ben Harlan
- Thomas Lawinky
- Joachim Paul Assböck
- Roy Smiles
- Paul Bradley
- Daniel Caltagirone
- Andrzej Blumenfeld
- Zbigniew Zamachowski
- Detlev von Wangenheim
- Popeck
- Zofia Czerwińska
- Udo Kroschwald
- Uwe Rathsam
- Joanna Brodzik
- Katarzyna Bargiełowska
- Maja Ostaszewska
- John Bennett
- Cyril Shaps
- Wojciech Smolarz
- Lech Mackiewicz
- Ruth Platt
- Peter Rappenglück
- Ronan Vibert
- Krzysztof Pieczyński
- Katarzyna Figura
- Valentine Pelka
- Andrew Tiernan
- Tom Strauss
- Cezary Kosiński
- Paweł Burczyk
- Nina Franoszek
- John Keogh
- Rafał Mohr
- Andrzej Pieczyński
- Morgane Polanski
- Grzegorz Artman
- Adam Bauman
- Andrzej Szenajch
- Zbigniew Dziduch
- Marian Dziędziel
- Jerzy Góralczyk
- Jarosław Kopaczewski
- Patrick Lanagan
- Dorota Liliental
- Norbert Rakowski
- Piotr Siejka
- Tomasz Tyndyk
- Andrzej Walden
- Zbigniew Waleryś
- Maciej Winkler
- Tadeusz Wojtych
- Andrzej Zieliński
- Paweł Małaszyński
- Axel Prahl
- Borys Szyc
- Rafał Dajbor
- Adrian Hood
- Ryszard Kluge
- Maciej Kowalewski
- Paweł Zdun
- Jacek Wolszczak
- Malgorzata Trybalska
- Dawid Szurmiej
- Izabella Szolc
Director
- Roman Polanski
Producers
- Roman Polanski
- Alain Sarde
- Robert Benmussa
Screenwriter
- Ronald Harwood