The Pianist (2002)
Drama • War • 2ч 30м
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.
TMDB rating:
8.4
(10,177)
Cast
Adrien Brody
Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Thomas Kretschmann
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Frank Finlay
Father
Maureen Lipman
Mother
Emilia Fox
Dorota
Ed Stoppard
Henryk Szpilman
Julia Rayner
Regina Szpilman
Jessica Kate Meyer
Halina Szpilman
Michał Żebrowski
Jurek
Wanja Mues
SS Slapping Father
Richard Ridings
Mr. Lipa
Nomi Sharron
Feather Woman
Anthony Milner
Man Waiting to Cross
Lucy Skeaping
Street Musician
Roddy Skeaping
Street Musician
No photo
Ben Harlan
Street Musician
Thomas Lawinky
Schutzpolizei
Joachim Paul Assböck
Schutzpolizei
Roy Smiles
Itzak Heller
Paul Bradley
Yehuda
Daniel Caltagirone
Majorek
Andrzej Blumenfeld
Benek
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Customer with Coins
Detlev von Wangenheim
SS Officer
Crew
Roman Polanski
Director
Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
Roman Polanski
Producer
Alain Sarde
Producer
Hervé de Luze
Editor
Wojciech Kilar
Original Music Composer
Paweł Edelman
Director of Photography
Robert Benmussa
Producer
Dean Humphreys
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Celestia Fox
Casting
Heta Mantscheff
Casting
Allan Starski
Production Design
Nenad Pečur
Art Direction
Wiesława Chojkowska
Set Decoration
Gabriele Wolff
Set Decoration
Anna B. Sheppard
Costume Design
Sylvette Baudrot
Script Supervisor
Weronika Migoń
Assistant Director
Zbigniew Gruz
Assistant Director
Caroline Veyssière
Assistant Director
Didier Lavergne
Makeup Artist
Jean-Max Guérin
Hairstylist
Oliver Lüer
Production Manager
Sonja Sommer
Production Manager
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