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.
Directed By
Roman PolanskiWritten By
Ronald Harwood, Władysław SzpilmanStudio
Canal+ Polska, Bac Films, Watch on these services
Cast of The Pianist
Adrien BrodyWładysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Thomas KretschmannCaptain Wilm Hosenfeld
Frank FinlayFather
Maureen LipmanMother
Emilia FoxDorota
Ed StoppardHenryk Szpilman
Julia RaynerRegina Szpilman
Jessica Kate MeyerHalina Szpilman
Michal ZebrowskiJurek
Wanja MuesSS Slapping Father
Richard RidingsMr. Lipa
Nomi SharronFeather Woman
Anthony MilnerMan Waiting to Cross
Lucy SkeapingStreet Musician
Roddy SkeapingStreet Musician
Ben HarlanStreet Musician
Thomas LawinkySchutzpolizei
Joachim Paul AssböckSchutzpolizei
Roy SmilesItzak Heller
Paul BradleyYehuda
Daniel CaltagironeMajorek
Andrzej BlumenfeldBenek
Zbigniew ZamachowskiCustomer with Coins
Detlev von WangenheimSS Officer
PopeckRubenstein
Zofia CzerwińskaWoman with Soup
Udo KroschwaldSchultz
Uwe RathsamSS Shooting the Woman
Joanna BrodzikWoman Shot in the Head
Katarzyna BargiełowskaWailing Woman
Maja OstaszewskaWoman with Child
John BennettDr. Ehrlich
Cyril ShapsMr. Grün
Wojciech SmolarzBoy with Sweets
Lech MackiewiczFellow Worker
Ruth PlattJanina
Peter RappenglückSS Making a Speech
Ronan VibertJanina's Husband
Krzysztof PieczyńskiMarek Gębczyński
Katarzyna FiguraNeighbour
Valentine PelkaDorota's Husband
Andrew TiernanSzalas
Tom StraussDr. Luczak
Cezary KosińskiLednicki
Paweł BurczykPolish Workman
Nina FranoszekPolish Woman
John KeoghPolish Officer
Rafał MohrSchutzpolizei
Andrzej PieczyńskiPrisoner
Morgane PolanskiGirl
Grzegorz ArtmanOther part
Adam BaumanOther part
Andrzej SzenajchOther part
Zbigniew DziduchOther Part
Marian DziędzielOther part
Jerzy GóralczykOther part
Jarosław KopaczewskiOther part
Patrick LanaganOther part
Dorota LilientalOther part
Norbert RakowskiOther part
Piotr SiejkaOther part
Tomasz TyndykOther part
Andrzej WaldenOther part
Zbigniew WaleryśOther part
Maciej WinklerOther part
Tadeusz WojtychOther Part
Andrzej ZielińskiOther part
Paweł MałaszyńskiMan in Ghetto (uncredited)
Axel PrahlGerman Soldier - Rummage Bags (uncredited)
Borys SzycYoung Gestapo (uncredited)
Rafał DajborSoldier (uncredited)
Adrian HoodPiano Buyer (uncredited)
Ryszard KlugeJew Working on the Bulding Site (uncredited)
Maciej KowalewskiSS Officer (uncredited)
Pawel Zdun(uncredited)
Jacek WolszczakMan in Ghetto (uncredited)
Malgorzata TrybalskaZydówka (uncredited)
Dawid SzurmiejMan in Ghetto (uncredited)
Izabella SzolcWomen in Ghetto (uncredited)
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