The Pianist

Synopsis

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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Cast

Adrien Brody

Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman

Thomas Kretschmann

Captain Wilm Hosenfeld

Frank Finlay

Father

Maureen Lipman

Mother

Emilia Fox

Dorota

Ed Stoppard

Henryk Szpilman

Julia Rayner

Regina Szpilman

Jessica Kate Meyer

Halina Szpilman

Michał Żebrowski

Jurek

Wanja Mues

SS Slapping Father

Richard Ridings

Mr. Lipa

Nomi Sharron

Feather Woman

Anthony Milner

Man Waiting to Cross

Lucy Skeaping

Street Musician

Roddy Skeaping

Street Musician

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Ben Harlan

Street Musician

Thomas Lawinky

Schutzpolizei

Joachim Paul Assböck

Schutzpolizei

Roy Smiles

Itzak Heller

Paul Bradley

Yehuda

Crew

Art

• Allan Starski Production Design
• Wiesława Chojkowska Set Decoration
• Nenad Pečur Art Direction
• Gabriele Wolff Set Decoration
• Waldemar Weiss Construction Coordinator
• John Roberts Painter

Camera

• Paweł Edelman Director of Photography
• Guy Ferrandis Still Photographer
• Tomasz Karnowski Steadicam Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Anna B. Sheppard Costume Design
• Didier Lavergne Makeup Artist
• Jean-Max Guérin Hairstylist

Crew

• Janusz Chlebowski Stunts
• Nils Konrad Driver
• Jim Dowdall Stunt Coordinator
• Didier Duverger Thanks
• Inga Meissner Transportation Coordinator
• Alister Mazzotti Special Effects Coordinator
• Andrew Mollo Creative Consultant

Directing

• Roman Polanski Director
• Sylvette Baudrot Script Supervisor
• Caroline Veyssière Assistant Director
• Weronika Migoń Assistant Director
• Zbigniew Gruz Assistant Director
• Anna Zenowicz Script Supervisor

Editing

• Hervé de Luze Editor
• Lionel Cassan Assistant Editor

Production

• Alain Sarde Producer
• Robert Benmussa Producer
• Roman Polanski Producer
• Celestia Fox Casting
• Heta Mantscheff Casting
• Sonja Sommer Production Manager
• Henning Molfenter Production Supervisor
• Michał Szczerbic Production Manager
• Oliver Lüer Production Manager
• Grazyna Kozlowska Location Manager
• Brendan Donnison Casting
• Vanessa Baker Casting

Sound

• Wojciech Kilar Original Music Composer
• Dean Humphreys Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Suzana Perić Music Editor
• Nancy Allen Music Editor
• Gérard Hardy Sound Editor
• Jean-Marie Blondel Production Sound Mixer
• Gérard de Lagarde Sound Effects
• Anne Le Campion Sound Mixer

Visual Effects

• Thomas Tannenberger Visual Effects Producer
• Fabien Pascal Color Designer

Writing

• Ronald Harwood Screenplay
• Władysław Szpilman Book

Photos