The Pianist

The Pianist

2002
2h 30m
8.4

8.4/10

10,044 votes • View on IMDb
Drama War

"Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece."

Overview

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $35,000,000

Revenue: $120,098,945

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
R.P. Productions Heritage Films Studio Babelsberg Runteam
Production Countries
France Germany Poland United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
Russian German Polish English

Keywords

concert nazi resistance warsaw ghetto polish resistance homeland holocaust (shoah) hunger world war ii prisoner of war ghetto deportation jew persecution liberation biography based on true story survival based on memoir or autobiography pianist poland tearjerker angry complex compassionate

Quick Facts

Release Date September 17, 2002
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0253474

Cast

Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody

Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman

Thomas Kretschmann
Thomas Kretschmann

Captain Wilm Hosenfeld

Frank Finlay
Frank Finlay

Father

Maureen Lipman
Maureen Lipman

Mother

Emilia Fox
Emilia Fox

Dorota

Ed Stoppard
Ed Stoppard

Henryk Szpilman

Julia Rayner
Julia Rayner

Regina Szpilman

Jessica Kate Meyer
Jessica Kate Meyer

Halina Szpilman

Michał Żebrowski
Michał Żebrowski

Jurek

Wanja Mues
Wanja Mues

SS Slapping Father

Richard Ridings
Richard Ridings

Mr. Lipa

Nomi Sharron
Nomi Sharron

Feather Woman

Key Crew

Roman Polanski
Director
Alain Sarde
Producer
Roman Polanski
Producer
Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
Robert Benmussa
Producer
Timothy Burrill
Executive Producer
Lew Rywin
Executive Producer
Henning Molfenter
Executive Producer