The Pianist (2002)
"Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece."

Title: The Pianist
Original Title: The Pianist
Release Date: 2002-09-17
Status: Released
Rating: 8.4/10 (from 9380 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, War
Production Companies: Canal+ Polska, Bac Films, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, R.P. Productions, StudioCanal, Canal+, TVP, Runteam
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.
Cast

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