The Pianist

  • Certificate:
     15
  • Main category:
     Feature
  • Sub category:
     Drama
  • Colour / BW:
     Colour
  • Country of origin:
     France/Poland

Year of Production: 
2002
Running Time: 
149
Based on: 
The book by Wladyslaw Szpilman
Starring: 
Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer, Michal Zebrowski, Cyril Shaps, Richard Ridings, Andrew Tiernan
Director: 
Roman Polanski
Music: 
Wojciech Kilar
Producer: 
Roman Polanski, Alain Sarde, Robert Benmussa
Writer: 
Ronald Harwood

Award-winning drama telling the true story of pianist Wladyslaw 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 labourer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city. The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Oscars for Best Actor (Adrien Brody), Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood) and Best Director (Roman Polanski).


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Release Date13/09/2010
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Release Date20/07/2009
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Distributor nameUniversal Pictures
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Release Date02/02/2004
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Release Date18/08/2003
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Distributor nameOptimum Home Entertainment
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Release Date05/02/2007
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PR CompanyOptimum, 22 Newman Street, London W1T 1PH
PR Contact NameCandy Vincent-Smith
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Distributor nameOptimum Home Entertainment
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Release Date11/12/2006
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