The Pianist (2002)

09/17/2002 (FR) • 2h 30m

Drama, War

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Adrien Brody

Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman

Thomas Kretschmann

Captain Wilm Hosenfeld

Ed Stoppard

Henryk Szpilman

Julia Rayner

Regina Szpilman

Jessica Kate Meyer

Halina Szpilman


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$35,000,000.00

Revenue

$120,098,945.00

Keywords

concert

nazi

resistance

warsaw ghetto

polish resistance

homeland

holocaust (shoah)

hunger

world war ii

prisoner of war

ghetto

deportation

jew persecution

liberation

biography

survival

based on memoir or autobiography

pianist

poland

angry

complex

compassionate

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