The Pianist (2002)

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R | 2 hr 28 mins | Drama, War, Biopic, Period, Adaptation | Released: 12/27/2002 |Box Office Total: $32.5M

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An adaptation based on the autobiography of the acclaimed Polish composer, Wladyslaw Szpilman, who detailed his survival during World War II, and narrowly escaped a roundup that sent his family to a death camp. A composer and pianist, Szpilman played the last live music heard over Polish radio airwaves before Nazi artillery hit. There, in Poland, Szpilman struggled to stay alive--even when cast away from those he loved. He spent the duration of the war hiding in the ruins of Warsaw and scavenging for food and shelter. Szpilman eventually reclaimed his artistic gifts, and confronted his fears--with aid from the unlikeliest of sources.

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Theatrical Release
12/27/2002

Director	Credit
Roman Polanski	Director
Cast	Credit
Adrien Brody	Wladyslaw Szpilman
Thomas Kretschmann	Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Frank Finlay	The Father
Maureen Lipman	The Mother
Emilia Fox	Dorota
Ed Stoppard	Henryk
Julia Rayner	Regina
Jessica Kate Meyer	Halina
Ruth Platt	Janina
Michael Zebrowski	Jurek
Wanja Mues	SS Officer who slaps the father
Richard Ridings	Mr. Lipa
Nomi Sharron	Woman with the feather
Anthony Milner	Man waiting to cross
Lucie Skeaping	Street Musician
Roddy Skeaping	Street Musician
Ben Harlan	Street Musician
Thomas Lawincky	Schutzpolizei
Joachim Paul Assbock	Schutzpolizei
Roy Smiles	Itzak Heller
Paul Bradley	Yehuda
Daniel Caltagirone	Majorek
Andrzej Blumenfeld	Benek
Darian Wawer	Child at the Wall
Zbigniew Zamachowski	Client with Change
Lejb Fogelman	Client with Change
Detlev von Wangenheim	SS Officer
Popek	Rubinstein
Zofia Czerwinska	Woman with Soup
Emilio Fernandez	The Soup Snatcher
Udo Kroschwald	Schultz
Uwe Rathsam	SS Officer addressed by woman
Joanna Brodzik	Woman addressing SS Officer
Katarzyna Bargielowska	Wailing Woman
Maja Ostaszewska	Woman with Child
John Bennett	Dr. Ehrlich
Cyril Shaps	Mr. Grun
Wojciech Smolarz	Boy with Sweets
Lech Mackiewicz	Fellow Worker
Frank Michael Kobe	SS Officer who shoots Benek
Torsten Flach	Zig Zag
Peter Rappengluck	SS Officer making speech
Ronan Vibert	Janina's Husband
Krzysztof Pieczynski	Gebczynski
Katarzyna Figura	The Neighbor
Valentine Pelka	Dorota's Husband
Andrew Tiernan	Szalas
Tom Strauss	Dr. Luczak
Cezary Kosinski	Lednicki
Production Credits	Credit
Gene Gutowski	Co-Producer
Lew Rywin	Executive Producer
Rainer Schaper	Associate Producer
Roman Polanski	Producer
Robert Benmussa	Producer
Timothy Burrill	Executive Producer
Henning Molfenter	Executive Producer
Alain Sarde	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Polanski Productions, Roman	Production Company
Hermitage Films	Production Company
Cinea-Les Film Alain Sarde	Production Company
Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg at Scoring Stage Berlin	Production Company
RP Productions	Production Company
Heritage Films	Production Company
Runteam	Production Company
TVP S.A.	Production Company
Planeta 2010	Production Company
Canal Plus Poland	Production Company
StudioCanal	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Good Machine	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Bac Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Planeta 2010	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Berlin, Germany
Warsaw, Poland
Writer	Credit
Ronald Harwood	Screenplay
Wladyslaw Szpilman	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Elisabeth Blavat	Accountant
Sylvie Balloy	Production Accountant
Christian Fischer	Assistant Production Accountant
Urszula Baraniak	Assistant Accountant - Cashier
Paul Meyer-Gerlt	Production Accountant
Agata Roslonska	Assistant Production Accountant
Elzbieta Heleniak	Production Accountant
Malgorzata Dedek	Production Accountant
Jon Duncan	Production Accountant
Philip Hahn	Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Adam Warchol	Animal Wrangler - Animal Handler
Art Department	Credit
Gabriele Wolff	Set Decorator
Nenad Pecur	Art Director
Maxime Rebiere	Storyboard Artist
Will Kley	Assistant Art Director
Sebastian Krawinkel	Assistant Production Designer
Allan Starski	Production Designer
Daniela Klewitz	Art Department Coordinator
Sabine Groh	Dresser
Mark Rosinski	Assistant Set Decorator
Ralf Stottrop	Painter
Norbert Schroder	Swing Gang
Michael Duwel	Art Department - Head of Art Department
Matthias Prange	Swing Gang
John Roberts	Painter - Specialist Painter
Simone Schlehahn	Assistant Set Decorator
Adrianna Wozniak	Dresser
Wieslawa Chojkowska	Set Decorator
Ewa Pfeiffer	Art Department Coordinator
Anna Adamaszek	Assistant Art Director
Ewa Rojek	Assistant Art Director
Jacek Czechowski	Assistant Set Decorator
Dave Meacom	Painter - Specialist Painter
Pawel Stachowiak	Swing Gang
Madrian Kolodziejczyk	Swing Gang
Peter Hoyer	Painter - Supervising Painter
Marek Kukawski	Assistant Art Director
Adrian Hochstrasser	Assistant Art Director
David Meeking	Painter - Supervising Painter
Tadeusz Frymarski	Swing Gang
Dariusz Rzepecki	Swing Gang
Michael Nitzsche	Painter
Wlodzimierz Szyrle	Assistant Art Director
Ryszard Szymanski	Painter
Connie Oettl	Painter - Model Painter
Casting	Credit
Brendan Donnison	Voice Casting
Celestia Fox	Casting
Alex Johnson	Casting Director
Vanessa Baker	Voice Casting
Heta Mantscheff	Casting - German Casting
Iris Muller	Casting Director
Martina Goldsmith	Casting Director
Film Camera	Credit
Teja Schwede	Video - Video Operator
Jorg Widmer	Steadicam Operator
Marek Rajca	Camera Operator
Moritz Kathner	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Jakub Bednarek	Loader
Guy Ferrandis	Photography - Still Photographer
Pawel Edelman	Director of Photography
Zbigniew Gustowski	Camera - Focus Puller
Yvan Lucas	Color - Grader
Britta Mangold	Director of Photography
Bogdan Dabrowski	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Marek Cydorowicz	Camera - Clapper
Julia Suermann	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Markus Pohlus	Steadicam Operator
Fabien Pascal	Color - Grader
Leslie Haslam	Photography - Translight Photographer
Steffen Zeugner	Video - Video Operator
Volker Glaser	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Andres Lizana-Prado	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Stefan Galleithner	Video - Video Operator
Johann Kaspar Kopke	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Patrick Kaethner	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Anna-Maria Hora	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Katharina Nobis	Camera Assistant
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Canal Plus (Canal+)	Foreign Distribution Sales
Legal	Credit
Richard Moxon	Legal Services - Legal Advisor
Andreas Pense	Legal Services - Legal Advisor
Music	Credit