Nominated for 7 Academy Awards?, including Best Picture, and winner of 3, The Pianist stars Oscar? winner Adrien Brody in the true-life story of brilliant pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman, the most acclaimed young musician of his time until his promising career was interrupted by the onset of World War II. This powerful, ultimately triumphant film follows Szpilman?s heroic and inspirational journey of survival with the unlikely help from a sympathetic German officer. A truly unforgettable epic, testifying to both the power of hope and the resiliency of the human spirit, The Pianist is a miraculous tale of survival masterfully brought to life by visionary film maker Roman Polanski in his most personal movie ever.
Synopsis: WWII-era melodrama follows a successful Jewish-Polish musician who survives the Nazi invasion, only to face starvation in the Warsaw ghetto and extermination in the Holocaust.
The Pianist
Production Year:
2002
Released:
Tue, 05/27/2003
Run Time Minutes:
150
Genres:
Drama
Genres:
War
Trailer:
No
Format Aspect Ratio:
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution:
480x720 LowRez
More Information:
HD-2
Audio Language:
English
Audio Format:
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels:
5.1
Actors:
Adrien Brody - Wladyslaw Szpilman
Actors:
Thomas Kretschmann - Hauptman Wilm Hosenfeld
Actors:
Frank Finlay - Samuel Szpilman (Father)
Actors:
Maureen Lipman - Mother
Actors:
Emilia Fox - Dorota
Actors:
Ed Stoppard - Henryk Szpilman
Actors:
Julia Rayner - Regina Szpilman
Actors:
Jessica Kate Meyer - Halina Szpilman
Actors:
Michal Zebrowski - Jurek
Actors:
Wanja Mues - German Officer Who Slapps Father
Actors:
Richard Ridings - Mr. Lipa
Actors:
Nomi Sharron - Feather Woman looking for Izaak Sze
Actors:
Anthony Milner - Man Waiting to Cross
Actors:
Lucy Skeaping - Street Musician
Actors:
Roddy Skeaping - Street Musician
Actors:
Ben Harlan - Street Musician
Actors:
Thomas Lawincky - Schutzpolizei (at the Crossing)
Actors:
Joachim Paul Assb?ck - Schutzpolizei (at the Crossing)
Actors:
Roy Smiles - Yitzchak Heller
Actors:
Zbigniew Zamachowski - Customer with Coins
Actors:
Lejb Fogelman - Customer with Coins
Actors:
Paul Bradley - Yehuda Zyskind
Actors:
Daniel Caltagirone - Majorek
Actors:
Andrzej Blumenfeld - Benek
Actors:
Darian Wawer - Child hurt at the Wall
Actors:
Detlev von Wangenheim - SS-Obersharf?hrer in a night raid
Actors:
Popeck - Rubenstein (Crazy man)
Actors:
Zofia Czerwinska - Woman with Soup
Actors:
Emilio Fernandez - The Soup Snatcher
Actors:
Udo Kroschwald - Mr.Schultz (Workshop owner)
Actors:
Uwe Rathsam - SS-Obersharf?hrer Shoots a Woman
Actors:
Joanna Brodzik - Woman Shot in the Head
Actors:
Katarzyna Bargielowska - Wailing Woman
Actors:
Maja Ostaszewska - Woman with Child
Actors:
John Bennett - Dr. Ehrlich
Actors:
Cyril Shaps - Mr. Gr?n
Actors:
Wojciech Smolarz - Boy selling Sweets
Actors:
Lech Mackiewicz - Fellow Worker
Actors:
Ruth Platt - Janina Godlewska Bogucki
Actors:
Frank-Michael K?be - SS-Obersharf?hrer who Shoots Benek
Actors:
Torsten Flach - SS-Obersharf?hrer with a whip (Zig
Actors:
Peter Rappengl?ck - German Officer Making a Speech
Actors:
Ronan Vibert - Andrzej Bogucki (Janina's Husband)
Actors:
Krzysztof Pieczynski - Marek Gebczynski
Actors:
Katarzyna Figura - Neighbour
Actors:
Valentine Pelka - Michal Dzikiewicz (Dorota's Husband
Actors:
Andrew Tiernan - Antek Szalas
Actors:
Tom Strauss - Dr. Luczak
Actors:
Cezary Kosinski - Lednicki
Actors:
Pawel Burczyk - Polish Workman
Actors:
Dymitr Lesaczenko - Russian Soldier
Actors:
Andrzej Pieczynski - Prisoner
Actors:
Morgane Polanski - Girl
Actors:
Nina Franoszek - Polish Woman
Actors:
John Keogh - Polish Officer
Actors:
Axel Prahl - German Soldier
Actors:
Grzegorz Artman
Actors:
Adam Bauman
Actors:
Zbigniew Dziduch
Actors:
Marian Dziedziel
Actors:
Jerzy G?ralczyk
Actors:
Jaroslaw Kopaczewski
Actors:
Patrick Lanagan
Actors:
Dorota Liliental
Actors:
Rafal Mohr
Actors:
Norbert Rakowski
Actors:
Piotr Siejka
Actors:
Weronika Szen
Actors:
Andrzej Szenajch
Actors:
Tomasz Tyndyk
Actors:
Andrzej Walden
Actors:
Zbigniew Walerys
Actors:
Maciej Winkler
Actors:
Andrzej Zielinski
Actors:
Maurycy Zylber
Actors:
Xawery Zylber