The Pianist (2002)
Rating: 8.4/10
Duration: 150 min
Director(s): Roman Polanski,
Description:
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
- Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
- Adrien Brody as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
- Richard Ridings as Mr. Lipa
- Frank Finlay as Father
- Maureen Lipman as Mother
- Emilia Fox as Dorota
- Ed Stoppard as Henryk Szpilman
- Julia Rayner as Regina Szpilman
- Jessica Kate Meyer as Halina Szpilman
- Michał Żebrowski as Jurek
- Wanja Mues as SS Slapping Father
- Nomi Sharron as Feather Woman
- Anthony Milner as Man Waiting to Cross
- Lucy Skeaping as Street Musician
- Roddy Skeaping as Street Musician