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The Pianist

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

8.420022h 30mReleased10,327 votes

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.

Director:
Roman Polanski
Country:
FranceGermanyPolandUnited Kingdom
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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

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    Ben Harlan

    Street Musician

  • Thomas Lawinky

    Schutzpolizei

  • Joachim Paul Assböck

    Schutzpolizei

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