The Pianist
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
8.4(10,288) 2002-09-17 150 minDramaWar
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.
DirectorRoman Polanski
Original Music ComposerWojciech Kilar
ProducerAlain Sarde
ProducerRoman Polanski
ScreenplayRonald Harwood
ProducerRobert Benmussa
Cast & characters
Adrien Brody
as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Thomas Kretschmann
as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Frank Finlay
as Father
Maureen Lipman
as Mother
Emilia Fox
as Dorota
Ed Stoppard
as Henryk Szpilman
Julia Rayner
as Regina Szpilman
Jessica Kate Meyer
as Halina Szpilman
Michał Żebrowski
as Jurek
Wanja Mues
as SS Slapping Father
Richard Ridings
as Mr. Lipa
Nomi Sharron
as Feather Woman
Anthony Milner
as Man Waiting to Cross
Lucy Skeaping
as Street Musician
Roddy Skeaping
as Street Musician
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Ben Harlan
as Street Musician
Thomas Lawinky
as Schutzpolizei
Joachim Paul Assböck
as Schutzpolizei
Roy Smiles
as Itzak Heller
Paul Bradley
as Yehuda
Daniel Caltagirone
as Majorek
Andrzej Blumenfeld
as Benek
Zbigniew Zamachowski
as Customer with Coins
Detlev von Wangenheim
as SS Officer
