"Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece."

2002

2h 30m

8.4(9666 votes)

Drama

War

Overview

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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79 members

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Adrien Brody

Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman

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Thomas Kretschmann

Captain Wilm Hosenfeld

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Frank Finlay

Father

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Maureen Lipman

Mother

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Emilia Fox

Dorota

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Ed Stoppard

Henryk Szpilman

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Julia Rayner

Regina Szpilman

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Jessica Kate Meyer

Halina Szpilman

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Michał Żebrowski

Jurek

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Wanja Mues

SS Slapping Father

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Richard Ridings

Mr. Lipa

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Nomi Sharron

Feather Woman

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Anthony Milner

Man Waiting to Cross

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Lucy Skeaping

Street Musician

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Roddy Skeaping

Street Musician

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Ben Harlan

Street Musician

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Thomas Lawinky

Schutzpolizei

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Joachim Paul Assböck

Schutzpolizei

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Roy Smiles

Itzak Heller

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Paul Bradley

Yehuda

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Daniel Caltagirone

Majorek

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Andrzej Blumenfeld

Benek

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Zbigniew Zamachowski

Customer with Coins

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Detlev von Wangenheim

SS Officer

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Popeck

Rubenstein

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Zofia Czerwińska

Woman with Soup

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Udo Kroschwald

Schultz

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Uwe Rathsam

SS Shooting the Woman

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Joanna Brodzik

Woman Shot in the Head

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Katarzyna Bargiełowska

Wailing Woman

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Maja Ostaszewska

Woman with Child

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John Bennett

Dr. Ehrlich

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Cyril Shaps

Mr. Grün

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Wojciech Smolarz

Boy with Sweets

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Lech Mackiewicz

Fellow Worker

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Ruth Platt

Janina

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Peter Rappenglück

SS Making a Speech

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Ronan Vibert

Janina's Husband

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Krzysztof Pieczyński

Marek Gębczyński

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Katarzyna Figura

Neighbour

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Valentine Pelka

Dorota's Husband

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Andrew Tiernan

Szalas

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Tom Strauss

Dr. Luczak

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Cezary Kosiński

Lednicki

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Paweł Burczyk

Polish Workman

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Nina Franoszek

Polish Woman

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John Keogh

Polish Officer

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Rafał Mohr

Schutzpolizei

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Andrzej Pieczyński

Prisoner

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Morgane Polanski

Girl

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Grzegorz Artman

Other part

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Adam Bauman

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Andrzej Szenajch

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Zbigniew Dziduch

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Marian Dziędziel

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Jerzy Góralczyk

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Jarosław Kopaczewski

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Patrick Lanagan

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Dorota Liliental

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Norbert Rakowski

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Piotr Siejka

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Tomasz Tyndyk

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Andrzej Walden

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Zbigniew Waleryś

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Maciej Winkler

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Tadeusz Wojtych

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Andrzej Zieliński

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Paweł Małaszyński

Man in Ghetto (uncredited)

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Axel Prahl

German Soldier - Rummage Bags (uncredited)

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Borys Szyc

Young Gestapo (uncredited)

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Rafał Dajbor

Soldier (uncredited)

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Adrian Hood

Piano Buyer (uncredited)

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Ryszard Kluge

Jew Working on the Bulding Site (uncredited)

Writing

Maciej Kowalewski

SS Officer (uncredited)

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Paweł Zdun

(uncredited)

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Jacek Wolszczak

Man in Ghetto (uncredited)

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Malgorzata Trybalska

Zydówka (uncredited)

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Production

Dawid Szurmiej

Man in Ghetto (uncredited)

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Izabella Szolc

Women in Ghetto (uncredited)

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