The Pianist

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

The Pianist (2002)

Timing: 2:30 (150 min)

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Release date

2002-09-17

Country

France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom

Production

Studio Babelsberg, StudioCanal, Canal+, FFF Bayern, FFA, TVP, R.P. Productions, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB), Bac Films, Runteam, Canal+ Polska, Heritage Films, Agencja Produkcji Filmowej

Genre

Drama, War

Budget

$35 000 000

Revenue

$120 098 945

Website

http://www.thepianistmovie.com/

Director

Roman Polanski

Actors

Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer, Michal Zebrowski, Wanja Mues
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Scenario

Producer

Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde, Timothy Burrill, Lew Rywin, Henning Molfenter

Operator

Paweł Edelman

Composer

Wojciech Kilar

Artist

Audition

Celestia Fox, Heta Mantscheff, Brendan Donnison

Editing

Hervé de Luze, Henning Molfenter
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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.

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