The Pianist
The Pianist
Release: 2002-09-17
·Runtime: 150m
·★ 8.4
Drama
War
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 Countries
France
Germany
Poland
United Kingdom
Production Companies
R.P. Productions
Heritage Films
Studio Babelsberg
Runteam
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Frank Finlay
as Father
Morgane Polanski
as Girl
Emilia Fox
as Dorota
Jessica Kate Meyer
as Halina Szpilman
Nina Franoszek
as Polish Woman
Daniel Caltagirone
as Majorek
Popeck
as Rubenstein
Katarzyna Figura
as Neighbour
Andrew Tiernan
as Szalas
Jerzy Góralczyk
as Other part
Paweł Małaszyński
as Man in Ghetto (uncredited)
Lucy Skeaping
as Street Musician
Andrzej Blumenfeld
as Benek
Lech Mackiewicz
as Fellow Worker
Rafał Mohr
as Schutzpolizei
Adam Bauman
as Other part
Thomas Kretschmann
as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Maureen Lipman
as Mother
Peter Rappenglück
as SS Making a Speech
Paweł Burczyk
as Polish Workman
Grzegorz Artman
as Other part
Dorota Liliental
as Other part
Piotr Siejka
as Other part
Andrzej Zieliński
as Other part
Wanja Mues
as SS Slapping Father
Wojciech Smolarz
as Boy with Sweets
Marian Dziędziel
as Other part
Zbigniew Waleryś
as Other part
Tadeusz Wojtych
as Other Part
Axel Prahl
as German Soldier - Rummage Bags (uncredited)
Adrian Hood
as Piano Buyer (uncredited)
Ryszard Kluge
as Jew Working on the Bulding Site (uncredited)
Roy Smiles
as Itzak Heller
Paul Bradley
as Yehuda
Ed Stoppard
as Henryk Szpilman
Nomi Sharron
as Feather Woman
Ruth Platt
as Janina
Valentine Pelka
as Dorota's Husband
Tom Strauss
as Dr. Luczak
Udo Kroschwald
as Schultz
Joanna Brodzik
as Woman Shot in the Head
Krzysztof Pieczyński
as Marek Gębczyński
John Keogh
as Polish Officer
Richard Ridings
as Mr. Lipa
Maciej Winkler
as Other part
Borys Szyc
as Young Gestapo (uncredited)
Thomas Lawinky
as Schutzpolizei
Andrzej Pieczyński
as Prisoner
Norbert Rakowski
as Other part
Detlev von Wangenheim
as SS Officer
Cyril Shaps
as Mr. Grün
Ronan Vibert
as Janina's Husband
Zbigniew Dziduch
as Other Part
Jarosław Kopaczewski
as Other part
Andrzej Walden
as Other part
Maciej Kowalewski
as SS Officer (uncredited)
Adrien Brody
as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Michał Żebrowski
as Jurek
Joachim Paul Assböck
as Schutzpolizei
Zofia Czerwińska
as Woman with Soup
Katarzyna Bargiełowska
as Wailing Woman
Tomasz Tyndyk
as Other part
Julia Rayner
as Regina Szpilman
Anthony Milner
as Man Waiting to Cross
Zbigniew Zamachowski
as Customer with Coins
Uwe Rathsam
as SS Shooting the Woman
Roddy Skeaping
as Street Musician
John Bennett
as Dr. Ehrlich
Cezary Kosiński
as Lednicki
Andrzej Szenajch
as Other part
Rafał Dajbor
as Soldier (uncredited)
Maja Ostaszewska
as Woman with Child
Crew
Hervé de Luze
Editor
Didier Lavergne
Makeup Artist
Didier Duverger
Thanks
Sylvette Baudrot
Script Supervisor
Władysław Szpilman
Book
Anna B. Sheppard
Costume Design
Alain Sarde
Producer
Michał Szczerbic
Production Manager
Robert Benmussa
Producer
Roman Polanski
Director, Producer
Paweł Edelman
Director of Photography
Ronald Harwood
Screenplay
Allan Starski
Production Design
Weronika Migoń
Assistant Director
Henning Molfenter
Production Supervisor, Executive Producer
Lew Rywin
Executive Producer