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The Pianist (24-May-2002)

Director: Roman Polanski

Writer: Ronald Harwood

Based on a book: The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 by Wladyslaw Szpilman

Music by: Wojciech Kilar

Producers: Roman Polanski; Robert Benmussa; Alain Sarde

Keywords: Drama, WWII, Piano, Biography

A gifted Jewish pianist suffers through the Nazi-led destruction of Warsaw during World War II.

ABSTRACT
Wladyslaw Szpilman, a brilliant pianist and Polish Jew, acts as a firsthand witness to Nazi domination of his homeland and country of residence during World War II as Hitler's regime begins to place restrictions on the city of Warsaw. Escaping deportation as his family is rounded up and sent to a labor camp, Wladyslaw turns survival into an art form by living amongst Warsaw's decimated ruins and masterfully avoiding capture.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Adrien Brody
Actor
14-Apr-1973   The Pianist
Frank Finlay
Actor
6-Aug-1926 30-Jan-2016 Othello
Emilia Fox
Actor
31-Jul-1974   Nikki Alexander on Silent Witness
Thomas Kretschmann
Actor
8-Sep-1962   Immortel
Maureen Lipman
Actor
10-May-1946   Agony

CAST

Adrien Brody   ...   Wladyslaw Szpilman
Thomas Kretschmann   ...   Capt. Wilm Hosenfeld
Frank Finlay   ...   Father
Maureen Lipman   ...   Mother
Emilia Fox   ...   Dorota
Ed Stoppard   ...   Henryk
Julia Rayner   ...   Regina
Jessica Kate Meyer   ...   Halina
In order of appearance
Michal Zebrowski   ...   Jurek
Wanja Mues   ...   SS Slapping Father
Richard Ridings   ...   Mr. Lipa
Nomi Sharron   ...   Feather Woman
Anthony Milner   ...   Man Waiting to Cross
Lucie Skeaping   ...   Street Musician
Roddy Skeaping   ...   Street Musician
Ben Harlan   ...   Street Musician
Thomas Lawinky   ...   Schutzpolizei
Joachim Paul Assböck   ...   Schutzpolizei
Roy Smiles   ...   Itzak Heller
Paul Bradley   ...   Yehuda
Daniel Caltagirone   ...   Majorek
Andrzej Blumenfeld   ...   Benek
Darian Wawer   ...   Child at the Wall
Zbigniew Zamachowski   ...   Customer with Coins
Lejb Fogelman   ...   Customer with Coins
Detlev von Wangenheim   ...   SS Officer
Popek   ...   Rubenstein
Zofia Czerwinska   ...   Woman with Soup
Emilio Fernandez   ...   The Soup Snatcher
Udo Kroschwald   ...   Schultz
Uwe Rathsam   ...   SS Shooting the Woman
Joanna Brodzik   ...   Woman Shot in the Head
Katarzyna Bargielowska   ...   Wailing Woman
Maja Ostaszewska   ...   Woman with Child
John Bennett   ...   Dr. Ehrlich
Cyril Shaps   ...   Mr. Grün
Wojciech Smolarz   ...   Boy with Sweets
Lech Mackiewicz   ...   Fellow Worker
Ruth Platt   ...   Janina
Frank Michael Köbe   ...   SS Shooting Benek
Torsten Flach   ...   Zig Zag
Peter Rappenglück   ...   SS Making a Speech
Ronan Vibert   ...   Janina's Husband
Krzysztof Pieczynski   ...   Gebczynski
Katarzyna Figura   ...   Neighbour
Valentine Pelka   ...   Dorota's Husband
Andrew Tiernan   ...   Szalas
Tom Strauss   ...   Dr. Luczak
Cezary Kosinski   ...   Lednicki
Other Parts Played by
Grzegorz Artman   ...  
Adam Bauman   ...  
Pawel Burczyk   ...  
Zbigniew Dziduch   ...  
Marian Dziedziel   ...  
Nina Franoszek   ...  
Jerzy Goralczyk   ...  
John Keogh   ...  
Jaroslaw Kopaczewski   ...  
Patrick Lanagan   ...  
Dymitr Leszczenko   ...  
Dorota Liliental   ...  
Rafal Mohr   ...  
Andrzej Pieczynski   ...  
Morgane Polanski   ...  
Norbert Rakowski   ...  
Piotr Siejka   ...  
Weronika Szen   ...  
Andrzej Szenajch   ...  
Tomasz Tyndyk   ...  
Andrzej Walden   ...  
Zbigniew Walerys   ...  
Maciej Winkler   ...  
Tadeusz Wojtych   ...  
Andrzej Zielinski   ...  
Maurycy Zylber   ...  
Xawery Zylber   ...  

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