Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
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.
Directed byRoman Polanski
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- September 17, 2002
- Budget
- $35,000,000
- Revenue
- $120,098,945
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Featuring
Cast & crew
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
- Directed by
- Roman Polanski
- Written by
- Ronald Harwood
- Produced by
- Alain Sarde
Robert Benmussa
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