The Pianist 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.

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Drama
War
Release Date

Sep 17, 2002

Duration: 2h 30 min

Popularity: 8.4698
9,551 votes
Directed by

Roman Polanski

Casting: Celestia Fox, Heta Mantscheff, Vanessa Baker, Brendan Donnison

Screenplay by

Ronald Harwood

Productions

Bac Films (FR)Heritage Films (PL)Studio Babelsberg (DE)R.P. Productions (FR)StudioCanal (FR)Canal+ (FR)Runteam (GB)

Budget 35.0 M

120.1 M

Top Cast

Crew & Team

Roman Polanski

Director

Sylvette Baudrot

Script Supervisor

Weronika Migoń

Assistant Director

Zbigniew Gruz

Assistant Director

Caroline Veyssière

Assistant Director

Anna Zenowicz

Script Supervisor

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