The Pianist
Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.
2002 | 150m | English
Popularity: 8 (history)
| Director: | Roman Polanski |
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| Writer: | Władysław Szpilman, Ronald Harwood |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 17, 2002 |
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| Director: | Roman Polanski |
| Writer: | Władysław Szpilman, Ronald Harwood |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | resistance, holocaust (shoah), hunger, world war ii, prisoner of war, homeland, ghetto, deportation, jew persecution, liberation, warsaw ghetto, polish resistance, nazi, biography, concert, survival, based on memoir or autobiography, pianist, poland |
| Production Companies | Canal+, Bac Films, Canal+, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runteam, Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, R.P. Productions, StudioCanal, Telewizja Polska |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $120,098,945
Budget: $35,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ben Harlan | Street Musician |
| Thomas Lawinky | Schutzpolizei |
| Joachim Paul Assböck | Schutzpolizei |
| Roy Smiles | Itzak Heller |
| Paul Bradley | Yehuda |
| Daniel Caltagirone | Majorek |
| Andrzej Blumenfeld | Benek |
| Zbigniew Zamachowski | Customer with Coins |
| Detlev von Wangenheim | SS Officer |
| Popeck | Rubenstein |
| Zofia Czerwińska | Woman with Soup |
| Udo Kroschwald | Schultz |
| Uwe Rathsam | SS Shooting the Woman |
| Joanna Brodzik | Woman Shot in the Head |
| Katarzyna Bargiełowska | Wailing Woman |
| Maja Ostaszewska | Woman with Child |
| John Bennett | Dr. Ehrlich |
| Cyril Shaps | Mr. Grün |
| Wojciech Smolarz | Boy with Sweets |
| Lech Mackiewicz | Fellow Worker |
| Ruth Platt | Janina |
| Peter Rappenglück | SS Making a Speech |
| Ronan Vibert | Janina's Husband |
| Krzysztof Pieczyński | Marek Gębczyński |
| Katarzyna Figura | Neighbour |
| Valentine Pelka | Dorota's Husband |
| Andrew Tiernan | Szalas |
| Tom Strauss | Dr. Luczak |
| Cezary Kosiński | Lednicki |
| Paweł Burczyk | Polish Workman |
| Nina Franoszek | Polish Woman |
| John Keogh | Polish Officer |
| Rafał Mohr | Schutzpolizei |
| Andrzej Pieczyński | Prisoner |
| Morgane Polanski | Girl |
| Grzegorz Artman | Other part |
| Adam Bauman | Other part |
| Andrzej Szenajch | Other part |
| Zbigniew Dziduch | Other Part |
| Marian Dziędziel | Other part |
| Jerzy Góralczyk | Other part |
| Jarosław Kopaczewski | Other part |
| Patrick Lanagan | Other part |
| Dorota Liliental | Other part |
| Norbert Rakowski | Other part |
| Piotr Siejka | Other part |
| Tomasz Tyndyk | Other part |
| Andrzej Walden | Other part |
| Zbigniew Waleryś | Other part |
| Maciej Winkler | Other part |
| Tadeusz Wojtych | Other Part |
| Andrzej Zieliński | Other part |
| Paweł Małaszyński | Man in Ghetto (uncredited) |
| Axel Prahl | German Soldier - Rummage Bags (uncredited) |
| Borys Szyc | Young Gestapo (uncredited) |
| Rafał Dajbor | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Adrian Hood | Piano Buyer (uncredited) |
| Ryszard Kluge | Jew Working on the Bulding Site (uncredited) |
| Maciej Kowalewski | SS Officer (uncredited) |
| Paweł Zdun | (uncredited) |
| Jacek Wolszczak | Man in Ghetto (uncredited) |
| Malgorzata Trybalska | Zydówka (uncredited) |
| Dawid Szurmiej | Man in Ghetto (uncredited) |
| Izabella Szolc | Women in Ghetto (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Celestia Fox | Casting |
| Heta Mantscheff | Casting |
| Nenad Pečur | Art Direction |
| Wiesława Chojkowska | Set Decoration |
| Gabriele Wolff | Set Decoration |
| Zbigniew Gruz | Assistant Director |
| Caroline Veyssière | Assistant Director |
| Jean-Max Guérin | Hairstylist |
| Oliver Lüer | Production Manager |
| Sonja Sommer | Production Manager |
| Jim Dowdall | Stunt Coordinator |
| Janusz Chlebowski | Stunts |
| Lionel Cassan | Assistant Editor |
| Grazyna Kozlowska | Location Manager |
| Suzana Peric | Music Editor |
| Guy Ferrandis | Still Photographer |
| Thomas Tannenberger | Visual Effects Producer |
| Alister Mazzotti | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Inga Meissner | Transportation Coordinator |
| Nils Konrad | Driver |
| Waldemar Weiss | Construction Coordinator |
| Vanessa Baker | Casting |
| Brendan Donnison | Casting |
| Fabien Pascal | Color Designer |
| Andrew Mollo | Creative Consultant |
| Nancy Allen | Music Editor |
| Gérard Hardy | Sound Editor |
| Jean-Marie Blondel | Production Sound Mixer |
| Gérard de Lagarde | Sound Effects |
| Anne Le Campion | Sound Mixer |
| Anna Zenowicz | Script Supervisor |
| Dean Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham | Assistant Production Manager |
| John Roberts | Painter |
| Władysław Szpilman | Book |
| Ronald Harwood | Screenplay |
| Hervé de Luze | Editor |
| Wojciech Kilar | Original Music Composer |
| Paweł Edelman | Director of Photography |
| Allan Starski | Production Design |
| Anna B. Sheppard | Costume Design |
| Sylvette Baudrot | Script Supervisor |
| Weronika Migoń | Assistant Director |
| Didier Lavergne | Makeup Artist |
| Michał Szczerbic | Production Manager |
| Henning Molfenter | Production Supervisor |
| Didier Duverger | Thanks |
| Roman Polanski | Director |
| Tomasz Karnowski | Steadicam Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gene Gutowski | Co-Producer |
| Timothy Burrill | Executive Producer |
| Rainer Schaper | Associate Producer |
| Robert Benmussa | Producer |
| Lew Rywin | Executive Producer |
| Henning Molfenter | Executive Producer |
| Roman Polanski | Producer |
| Alain Sarde | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | Will Ferrell | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Thomas Kretschmann | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | Roman Polanski | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | N/A | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| SAG Awards | Best Director | N/A | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Michèle Laroque | Won |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Thomas Kretschmann | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Kate Winslet | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Picture | N/A | Won |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Director | Roman Polanski | Won |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Thomas Kretschmann | Won |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | Roman Polanski | Nominated |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | N/A | Won |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 55 | 73 | 41 |
| 2024 | 5 | 70 | 88 | 50 |
| 2024 | 6 | 62 | 110 | 41 |
| 2024 | 7 | 61 | 86 | 47 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 42 | 68 | 28 |
| 2024 | 10 | 52 | 87 | 35 |
| 2024 | 11 | 54 | 105 | 37 |
| 2024 | 12 | 51 | 99 | 38 |
| 2025 | 1 | 63 | 87 | 43 |
| 2025 | 2 | 54 | 81 | 11 |
| 2025 | 3 | 29 | 87 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 10 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
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