Overview
Plot
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Forced into the ghetto, he plays in a café, and after his family's 1942 deportation, he works as a laborer before hiding in the ruined city.
- Directors
- Roman Polanski
- Cast
- Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer, Michał Żebrowski, Wanja Mues, Richard Ridings, Nomi Sharron, Anthony Milner, Lucy Skeaping, Roddy Skeaping, Ben Harlan, Thomas Lawinky, Joachim Paul Assböck, Roy Smiles, Paul Bradley
- Country
- France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Release date
- 2002-09-17
- Studios
- R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runteam, StudioCanal
Plot
Warning: spoilers
The Pianist Plot and Cast
This is the true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw under Nazi occupation. As the city's Jews are forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café. When his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a time as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
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