The Pianist
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
2002 | 150m | English
Popularity: 10 (history)
| Director: | Roman Polanski |
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| Writer: | Władysław Szpilman, Ronald Harwood |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 17, 2002 |
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| Director: | Roman Polanski |
| Writer: | Władysław Szpilman, Ronald Harwood |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | resistance, holocaust (shoah), hunger, world war ii, prisoner of war, homeland, ghetto, deportation, jew persecution, liberation, warsaw ghetto, polish resistance, nazi, biography, concert, survival, based on memoir or autobiography, pianist, poland, angry, complex, compassionate |
| Production Companies | Canal+, Bac Films, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runteam, R.P. Productions, StudioCanal |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $120,098,945
Budget: $35,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Adrien Brody | Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman |
| Thomas Kretschmann | Captain Wilm Hosenfeld |
| Frank Finlay | Father |
| Maureen Lipman | Mother |
| Emilia Fox | Dorota |
| Ed Stoppard | Henryk Szpilman |
| Julia Rayner | Regina Szpilman |
| Jessica Kate Meyer | Halina Szpilman |
| Michał Żebrowski | Jurek |
| Wanja Mues | SS Slapping Father |
| Richard Ridings | Mr. Lipa |
| Nomi Sharron | Feather Woman |
| Anthony Milner | Man Waiting to Cross |
| Lucy 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 |
| Zbigniew Zamachowski | Customer with Coins |
| Detlev von Wangenheim | SS Officer |
| Popeck | Rubenstein |
| Zofia Czerwińska | Woman with Soup |
| Udo Kroschwald | Schultz |
| Uwe Rathsam | SS Shooting the Woman |
| Joanna Brodzik | Woman Shot in the Head |
| Katarzyna Bargiełowska | 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 |
| Peter Rappenglück | SS Making a Speech |
| Ronan Vibert | Janina's Husband |
| Krzysztof Pieczyński | Marek Gębczyński |
| Katarzyna Figura | Neighbour |
| Valentine Pelka | Dorota's Husband |
| Andrew Tiernan | Szalas |
| Tom Strauss | Dr. Luczak |
| Cezary Kosiński | Lednicki |
| Paweł Burczyk | Polish Workman |
| Nina Franoszek | Polish Woman |
| John Keogh | Polish Officer |
| Rafał Mohr | Schutzpolizei |
| Andrzej Pieczyński | Prisoner |
| Morgane Polanski | Girl |
| Grzegorz Artman | Other part |
| Adam Bauman | Other part |
| Andrzej Szenajch | Other part |
| Zbigniew Dziduch | Other Part |
| Marian Dziędziel | Other part |
| Jerzy Góralczyk | Other part |
| Jarosław Kopaczewski | Other part |
| Patrick Lanagan | Other part |
| Dorota Liliental | Other part |
| Norbert Rakowski | Other part |
| Piotr Siejka | Other part |
| Tomasz Tyndyk | Other part |
| Andrzej Walden | Other part |
| Zbigniew Waleryś | Other part |
| Maciej Winkler | Other part |
| Tadeusz Wojtych | Other Part |
| Andrzej Zieliński | Other part |
| Paweł Małaszyński | Man in Ghetto (uncredited) |
| Axel Prahl | German Soldier - Rummage Bags (uncredited) |
| Borys Szyc | Young Gestapo (uncredited) |
| Rafał Dajbor | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Adrian Hood | Piano Buyer (uncredited) |
| Ryszard Kluge | Jew Working on the Bulding Site (uncredited) |
| Maciej Kowalewski | SS Officer (uncredited) |
| Paweł Zdun | (uncredited) |
| Jacek Wolszczak | Man in Ghetto (uncredited) |
| Malgorzata Trybalska | Zydówka (uncredited) |
| Dawid Szurmiej | Man in Ghetto (uncredited) |
| Izabella Szolc | Women in Ghetto (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Celestia Fox | Casting |
| Heta Mantscheff | Casting |
| Nenad Pečur | Art Direction |
| Wiesława Chojkowska | Set Decoration |
| Gabriele Wolff | Set Decoration |
| Zbigniew Gruz | Assistant Director |
| Caroline Veyssière | Assistant Director |
| Jean-Max Guérin | Hairstylist |
| Oliver Lüer | Production Manager |
| Sonja Sommer | Production Manager |
| Jim Dowdall | Stunt Coordinator |
| Janusz Chlebowski | Stunts |
| Lionel Cassan | Assistant Editor |
| Grazyna Kozlowska | Location Manager |
| Suzana Peric | Music Editor |
| Guy Ferrandis | Still Photographer |
| Thomas Tannenberger | Visual Effects Producer |
| Alister Mazzotti | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Inga Meissner | Transportation Coordinator |
| Nils Konrad | Driver |
| Waldemar Weiss | Construction Coordinator |
| Vanessa Baker | Casting |
| Brendan Donnison | Casting |
| Fabien Pascal | Color Designer |
| Andrew Mollo | Creative Consultant |
| Nancy Allen | Music Editor |
| Gérard Hardy | Sound Editor |
| Jean-Marie Blondel | Production Sound Mixer |
| Gérard de Lagarde | Sound Effects |
| Anne Le Campion | Sound Mixer |
| Anna Zenowicz | Script Supervisor |
| Dean Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham | Assistant Production Manager |
| John Roberts | Painter |
| Władysław Szpilman | Book |
| Hervé de Luze | Editor |
| Wojciech Kilar | Original Music Composer |
| Paweł Edelman | Director of Photography |
| Allan Starski | Production Design |
| Anna B. Sheppard | Costume Design |
| Sylvette Baudrot | Script Supervisor |
| Weronika Migoń | Assistant Director |
| Didier Lavergne | Makeup Artist |
| Michał Szczerbic | Production Manager |
| Henning Molfenter | Production Supervisor |
| Didier Duverger | Thanks |
| Tomasz Karnowski | Steadicam Operator |
| Roman Polanski | Director |
| Ronald Harwood | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gene Gutowski | Co-Producer |
| Timothy Burrill | Executive Producer |
| Rainer Schaper | Associate Producer |
| Robert Benmussa | Producer |
| Lew Rywin | Executive Producer |
| Henning Molfenter | Executive Producer |
| Alain Sarde | Producer |
| Roman Polanski | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
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| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | Will Ferrell | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Thomas Kretschmann | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | Roman Polanski | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | N/A | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| SAG Awards | Best Director | N/A | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Michèle Laroque | Won |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Thomas Kretschmann | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Kate Winslet | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Picture | N/A | Won |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Director | Roman Polanski | Won |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Thomas Kretschmann | Won |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | Roman Polanski | Nominated |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | N/A | Won |
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