The Pianist (2002)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $35,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $120,098,945.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 52.318 |
Directed By
Roman Polanski
Crew
Paweł Edelman
Roman Polanski
Wojciech Kilar
Alain Sarde
Hervé de Luze
Roman Polanski
Ronald Harwood
Robert Benmussa
Dean Humphreys
Nenad Pečur
Gabriele Wolff
Allan Starski
Celestia Fox
Anna B. Sheppard
Sylvette Baudrot
Heta Mantscheff
Wiesława Chojkowska
Zbigniew Gruz
Weronika Migoń
Caroline Veyssière
Didier Lavergne
Sonja Sommer
Didier Duverger
Oliver Lüer
Nils Konrad
Jean-Max Guérin
Lionel Cassan
Guy Ferrandis
Grazyna Kozlowska
Inga Meissner
Janusz Chlebowski
Henning Molfenter
Suzana Peric
Thomas Tannenberger
Michał Szczerbic
Jim Dowdall
Alister Mazzotti
Waldemar Weiss
Vanessa Baker
Brendan Donnison
Fabien Pascal
Andrew Mollo
Nancy Allen
Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham
Gérard Hardy
John Roberts
Jean-Marie Blondel
Gérard de Lagarde
Anne Le Campion
Anna Zenowicz
Timothy Burrill
Lew Rywin
Rainer Schaper
Gene Gutowski
Henning Molfenter
Tomasz Karnowski
TOP 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
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
Popeck
Rubenstein
Zofia Czerwińska
Woman with Soup
Udo Kroschwald
Schultz
Uwe Rathsam
SS Shooting the Woman
Joanna Brodzik
Woman Shot in the Head
Katarzyna Bargiełowska
Wailing Woman
Maja Ostaszewska
Woman with Child
John Bennett
Dr. Ehrlich
Cyril Shaps
Mr. Grün
Wojciech Smolarz
Boy with Sweets
Lech Mackiewicz
Fellow Worker
Ruth Platt
Janina
Peter Rappenglück
SS Making a Speech
Ronan Vibert
Janina's Husband
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Marek Gębczyński
Katarzyna Figura
Neighbour
Valentine Pelka
Dorota's Husband
Andrew Tiernan
Szalas
Tom Strauss
Dr. Luczak
Cezary Kosiński
Lednicki
Paweł Burczyk
Polish Workman
Nina Franoszek
Polish Woman
John Keogh
Polish Officer
Rafał Mohr
Schutzpolizei
Andrzej Pieczyński
Prisoner
Morgane Polanski
Girl
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