The Pianist

• 8.382 Drama
• 2002-09-17
• 150 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Roman Polanski

Writer:

Ronald Harwood