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.
Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard
Crew: Alain Sarde (Producer), Ronald Harwood (Screenplay), Robert Benmussa (Producer), Roman Polanski (Director), Paweł Edelman (Director of Photography), Wojciech Kilar (Original Music Composer)
Country: France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
Language: English, Deutsch, Polski, Pусский
Studio: Canal+ Polska, Bac Films, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, R.P. Productions, StudioCanal, Canal+, TVP, Runteam
Runtime: 150 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 17, 2002
IMDb: 2.6
Keywords:concert, nazi, resistance, warsaw ghetto, polish resistance, homeland, holocaust (shoah), hunger, world war ii, prisoner of war, ghetto, deportation, jew persecution, liberation, biography, survival, based on memoir or autobiography, pianist, poland, wonder, wistful, depressing, adoring, cruel, distressing
