Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
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.
DramaWarconcertnaziresistancewarsaw ghettopolish resistancehomelandholocaust (shoah)hungerworld war iiprisoner of warghettodeportation
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Cast
- Adrien BrodyWładysław 'Władek' Szpilman
- Thomas KretschmannCaptain Wilm Hosenfeld
- Frank FinlayFather
- Maureen LipmanMother
- Emilia FoxDorota
- Ed StoppardHenryk Szpilman
- Julia RaynerRegina Szpilman
- Jessica Kate MeyerHalina Szpilman
- Michał ŻebrowskiJurek
- Wanja MuesSS Slapping Father
Crew
- Roman PolanskiDirector
- Ronald HarwoodScreenplay
- Paweł EdelmanDirector of Photography
- Wojciech KilarOriginal Music Composer
- Hervé de LuzeEditor
- Roman PolanskiProducer
- Alain SardeProducer
- Robert BenmussaProducer
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