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The Pianist is a film adapted from the biography of Wladyslaw Szpilman. A Jewish-Polish pianist who during the second world war lived and hid miraculously in Warsaw after having gone through a terrible tragedy. A film from Roman Polanski.

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

Genres: Drama, War

Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay

Released: September 24, 2002

Runtime: 150.0

Popularity Rating: 14.812

Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, Bac Films, Beverly Detroit, Canal+, Canal+Polska, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmforderungsanstalt (FFA), Heritage Films, Interscope Communications, Mainstream S.A., R.P. Productions, Runteam, Studio Babelsberg, StudioCanal, Telewizja Polska (TVP)

France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom

Wladyslaw Szpilman Adrien Brody
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld Thomas Kretschmann
Father Frank Finlay
Mother Maureen Lipman
Dorota Emilia Fox
Henryk Ed Stoppard
Regina Julia Rayner
Halina Jessica Kate Meyer
Jurek Michal Zebrowski
SS Slapping Father Wanja Mues
Mr. Lipa Richard Ridings
Feather Woman Nomi Sharron
Man Waiting to Cross Anthony Milner
Street Musician Lucy Skeaping
Street Musician Roddy Skeaping
Street Musician Ben Harlan
Schutzpolizei Thomas Lawinky
Schutzpolizei Joachim Paul Assbock
Itzak Heller Roy Smiles
Yehuda Paul Bradley
Majorek Daniel Caltagirone
Benek Andrzej Blumenfeld
Customer with Coins Zbigniew Zamachowski
SS Officer Detlev von Wangenheim
Rubenstein Popeck
Woman with Soup Zofia Czerwinska
Schultz Udo Kroschwald
SS Shooting the Woman Uwe Rathsam
Woman Shot in the Head Joanna Brodzik
Wailing Woman Katarzyna Bargielowska
Woman with Child Maja Ostaszewska
Dr. Ehrlich John Bennett
Mr. Grun Cyril Shaps
Boy with Sweets Wojciech Smolarz
Fellow Worker Lech Mackiewicz
Janina Ruth Platt
SS Making a Speech Peter Rappengluck
Janina's Husband Ronan Vibert
Marek Gebczynski Krzysztof Pieczynski
Neighbour Katarzyna Figura
Dorota's Husband Valentine Pelka
Szalas Andrew Tiernan
Dr. Luczak Tom Strauss
Lednicki Cezary Kosinski
Polish Workman Pawel Burczyk
Polish Woman Nina Franoszek
Polish Officer John Keogh
Schutzpolizei Rafal Mohr
Prisoner Andrzej Pieczynski
Girl Morgane Polanski
Other part Grzegorz Artman
Other part Adam Bauman
Other part Andrzej Szenajch
Other Part Zbigniew Dziduch
Other part Marian Dziedziel
Other part Jerzy Goralczyk
Other part Jaroslaw Kopaczewski
Other part Patrick Lanagan
Other part Dorota Liliental
Other part Norbert Rakowski
Other part Piotr Siejka
Other part Tomasz Tyndyk
Other part Andrzej Walden
Other part Zbigniew Walerys
Other part Maciej Winkler
Other Part Tadeusz Wojtych
Other part Andrzej Zielinski
Man in Ghetto (uncredited) Pawel Malaszynski
German Soldier - Rummage Bags (uncredited) Axel Prahl
Young Gestapo (uncredited) Borys Szyc
Soldier (uncredited) Rafal Dajbor
Piano Buyer (uncredited) Adrian Hood
Jew Working on the Bulding Site (uncredited) Ryszard Kluge
SS Officer (uncredited) Maciej Kowalewski

Art — Art Direction: Nenad Pecur
Art — Construction Coordinator: Waldemar Weiss
Art — Production Design: Allan Starski
Art — Set Decoration: Gabriele Wolff
Art — Set Decoration: Wieslawa Chojkowska
Camera — Director of Photography: Pawel Edelman
Camera — Still Photographer: Guy Ferrandis
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Anna B. Sheppard
Costume & Make-Up — Hairstylist: Jean-Max Guerin
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Didier Lavergne
Crew — Creative Consultant: Andrew Mollo
Crew — Driver: Nils Konrad
Crew — Special Effects Coordinator: Alister Mazzotti
Crew — Stunt Coordinator: Jim Dowdall
Crew — Stunts: Janusz Chlebowski
Crew — Thanks: Didier Duverger
Crew — Transportation Coordinator: Inga Meissner
Directing — Assistant Director: Caroline Veyssiere
Directing — Assistant Director: Weronika Migon
Directing — Assistant Director: Zbigniew Gruz
Directing — Director: Roman Polanski
Directing — Script Supervisor: Sylvette Baudrot
Editing — Assistant Editor: Lionel Cassan
Editing — Editor: Herve de Luze
Production — Casting: Brendan Donnison
Production — Casting: Celestia Fox
Production — Casting: Heta Mantscheff
Production — Casting: Vanessa Baker
Production — Location Manager: Grazyna Kozlowska
Production — Producer: Alain Sarde
Production — Producer: Robert Benmussa
Production — Producer: Roman Polanski
Production — Production Manager: Michal Szczerbic
Production — Production Manager: Oliver Luer
Production — Production Manager: Sonja Sommer
Production — Production Supervisor: Henning Molfenter
Sound — Music Editor: Nancy Allen
Sound — Music Editor: Suzana Peric
Sound — Original Music Composer: Wojciech Kilar
Sound — Sound Editor: Gerard Hardy
Sound — Sound Mixer: Dean Humphreys
Visual Effects — Color Designer: Fabien Pascal
Visual Effects — Visual Effects Producer: Thomas Tannenberger
Writing — Novel: Wladyslaw Szpilman
Writing — Screenplay: Ronald Harwood