The Pianist
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
In this adaptation of the autobiography 'The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945,' Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jewish radio station pianist, sees Warsaw change gradually as World War II begins. Szpilman is forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, but is later separated from his family during Operation Reinhard. From this time until the concentration camp prisoners are released, Szpilman hides in various locations among the ruins of Warsaw.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Adrien Brody
Wladyslaw Szpilman
Thomas Kretschmann
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Frank Finlay
Father
Emilia Fox
Dorota
Michal Zebrowski
Jurek
Ed Stoppard
Henryk
Maureen Lipman
Mother
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Jessica Kate Meyer
Halina
Julia Rayner
Regina
Wanja Mues
SS Slapping Father
Wojciech Kilar
Composer
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Pawel Edelman
Cinematographer
