The Pianist

DramaWar

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

User Score9,949 votes

84%8.4/10

Release2002→

Runtime2H 30M

LanguageRussian

StatusReleased

Synopsis

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.

Principal Cast8

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

Full Cast & Crew (136)

Media64

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Director

Roman Polanski

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Trailer

Box Office

Budget$35M

Revenue$120M

Certification

Keywords

concertnaziresistancewarsaw ghettopolish resistancehomelandholocaust (shoah)hungerworld war iiprisoner of warghettodeportationjew persecutionliberationbiographybased on true storysurvivalbased on memoir or autobiographypianistpolandtearjerkerangrycomplexcompassionatefomesegunda guerra mundial