The Pianist

2h 30m

8.3

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.

Cast

Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman

Thomas Kretschmann

Captain Wilm Hosenfeld

Henryk Szpilman

Regina Szpilman

Jessica Kate Meyer

Halina Szpilman

Michał Żebrowski

SS Slapping Father

Richard Ridings

Man Waiting to Cross

Street Musician

Street Musician

Street Musician

Joachim Paul Assböck

Daniel Caltagirone

Andrzej Blumenfeld

Zbigniew Zamachowski

Customer with Coins

Detlev von Wangenheim

Zofia Czerwińska

Woman with Soup

SS Shooting the Woman

Woman Shot in the Head

Katarzyna Bargiełowska

Maja Ostaszewska

Woman with Child

Wojciech Smolarz

Boy with Sweets

Lech Mackiewicz

Peter Rappenglück

SS Making a Speech

Janina's Husband

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Marek Gębczyński

Katarzyna Figura

Valentine Pelka

Dorota's Husband

Cezary Kosiński

Andrzej Pieczyński

Morgane Polanski

Grzegorz Artman

Andrzej Szenajch

Zbigniew Dziduch

Marian Dziędziel

Jerzy Góralczyk

Jarosław Kopaczewski

Patrick Lanagan

Dorota Liliental

Norbert Rakowski

Zbigniew Waleryś

Tadeusz Wojtych

Andrzej Zieliński

Paweł Małaszyński

Man in Ghetto (uncredited)

German Soldier - Rummage Bags (uncredited)

Young Gestapo (uncredited)

Soldier (uncredited)

Piano Buyer (uncredited)

Jew Working on the Bulding Site (uncredited)

Maciej Kowalewski

SS Officer (uncredited)

Jacek Wolszczak

Man in Ghetto (uncredited)

Malgorzata Trybalska

Zydówka (uncredited)

Man in Ghetto (uncredited)

Women in Ghetto (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Producer

Władysław Szpilman

Assistant Editor

Director of Photography

Weronika Migoń

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Caroline Veyssière

Assistant Director

Executive Producer

Henning Molfenter

Executive Producer, Production Supervisor

Timothy Burrill

Executive Producer

Robert Benmussa

Associate Producer

Production Design

Tomasz Karnowski

Steadicam Operator

Heta Mantscheff

Brendan Donnison

Anna B. Sheppard

Jean-Max Guérin

Didier Lavergne

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jean-Marie Blondel

Production Sound Mixer

Anne Le Campion

Gérard de Lagarde

Alister Mazzotti

Special Effects Coordinator

Thomas Tannenberger

Visual Effects Producer

Original Music Composer

Transportation Coordinator

Wiesława Chojkowska

Construction Coordinator

Still Photographer

Creative Consultant

Sylvette Baudrot

Script Supervisor

Script Supervisor

Grazyna Kozlowska

Location Manager

Janusz Chlebowski

Stunt Coordinator

Production Manager

Production Manager

Michał Szczerbic

Production Manager

Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham

Assistant Production Manager

Didier Duverger