The Pianist

In September 1939, Władysław Szpilman, a Polish-Jewish pianist, is playing live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. Hoping for a quick victory, Szpilman rejoices with his family at home when learning that Britain and France have declared war on Germany. But the promised aid does not come. Fighting lasts for just over a month, with both the German and Soviet armies invading Poland at the same time on different fronts. Warsaw becomes part of the Nazi-controlled General Government. Jews are soon prevented from working or owning businesses, and are also made to wear blue Star of David armbands.

MPAA Rating:R
Genre:Biography, Drama, War
Country:France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom
Produced By:Henning Molfenter, Timothy Burrill, Rainer Schaper, Daniel Champagnon, Roman Polanski, Alain Sarde, Gene Gutowski, Robert Benmussa, Lew Rywin
Directed By:Roman Polanski
Written By:Ronald Harwood, Wladyslaw Szpilman
Cast:Rafal Dajbor, Thomas Lawincky, Frank Finlay, Pawel Malaszynski, Peter Rappenglück, Zofia Czerwinska, Nina Franoszek, Maciej Kowalewski, Ben Harlan, Jacek Wolszczak, Jessica Kate Meyer, Ed Stoppard, Tomasz Ciszewski, Joachim Paul Assböck, Norbert Rakowski, Uwe Rathsam, Roy Smiles, John Keogh, Ruth Platt, Adam Bauman, Pawel Burczyk, Tadeusz Wojtych, Emilia Fox, Axel Prahl, Anna Gryszka, Anthony Milner, Michal Zebrowski, Katarzyna Bargielowska, Borys Szyc, Rafal Mohr, Marian Dziedziel, Grzegorz Artman, Cyril Shaps, Popeck, Zbigniew Dziduch, John Bennett, Andrzej Walden, Andrzej Pieczynski, Cezary Kosinski, Andrew Tiernan, Piotr Siejka, Roman Garbowski, Dorota Liliental, Adam Malecki, Torsten Flach, Krzysztof Pieczynski, Katarzyna Figura, Valentine Pelka, Andrzej Szenajch, Andrzej Blumenfeld, Roddy Skeaping, Tomasz Tyndyk, Pawel Zdun, Lucy Skeaping, Nomi Sharron, Udo Kroschwald, Adrien Brody, Daniel Caltagirone, Joanna Brodzik, Maureen Lipman, Zbigniew Walerys, Ronan Vibert, Emilio Fernandez, Dmitri Leshchenko, Frank-Michael Köbe, Ireneusz Machnicki, Ryszard Kluge, Maja Ostaszewska, Wojciech Smolarz, Richard Ridings, Thomas Kretschmann, Julia Rayner, Wanja Mues, Jaroslaw Kopaczewski, Jerzy Góralczyk, Lech Mackiewicz, Andrzej Zielinski, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Tom Strauss, Paul Bradley, Morgane Polanski, Adrian Hood
In Theaters:Mar 28, 2003
Runtime:2 hours 30 minutes
Production:R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runteam, Canal+, StudioCanal, Bac Films, Canal+ Polska
Budget:$35,000,000
Box Office:$32,572,577
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