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The Pianist

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8.4/10 • 9.5K

2002-09-172h 30m

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Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

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.

Directors
Roman Polanski
Editors
Hervé de Luze

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  1. Adrien Brody

    Adrien Brody

    Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman

  2. Thomas Kretschmann

    Thomas Kretschmann

    Captain Wilm Hosenfeld

  3. Frank Finlay

    Frank Finlay

    Father

  4. Maureen Lipman

    Maureen Lipman

    Mother

  5. Emilia Fox

    Emilia Fox

    Dorota

  6. Ed Stoppard

    Ed Stoppard

    Henryk Szpilman

  7. Julia Rayner

    Julia Rayner

    Regina Szpilman

  8. Jessica Kate Meyer

    Jessica Kate Meyer

    Halina Szpilman

  9. Michał Żebrowski

    Michał Żebrowski

    Jurek

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$35,000,000.00
Revenue
$120,098,945.00
Keywords
concertnaziresistancewarsaw ghettopolish resistancehomelandholocaust (shoah)hungerworld war iiprisoner of warghettodeportationjew persecutionliberationbiographysurvivalbased on memoir or autobiographypianistpolandangrycomplexcompassionate