Original title:
The Pianist
[en]
The Pianist
[en]
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.
Genre
Drama, War
Country
Germany 
France
United Kingdom
Poland
France
United Kingdom
Poland
Budget
$35 000 000
Revenue
$120 098 945
Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
Release status
Released
Actors
Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Adrien Brody
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Thomas Kretschmann
Father
Frank Finlay
Mother
Maureen Lipman
Dorota
Emilia Fox
Henryk Szpilman
Ed Stoppard
Regina Szpilman
Julia Rayner
Halina Szpilman
Jessica Kate Meyer
Jurek
Michal Zebrowski
SS Slapping Father
Wanja Mues