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