The Pianist overview

The Pianist

Synopsis:

Filmmaker Roman Polanski, who as a boy growing up in Poland watched while the Nazis devastated his country during World War II, directed this downbeat drama based on the true story of a privileged musician who spent five years struggling against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) is a gifted classical pianist born to a wealthy Jewish family in Poland. The Szpilmans have a large and comfortable flat in Warsaw which Wladyslaw shares with his mother and father (Maureen Lipman and Frank Finlay), his sisters Halina and Regina (Jessica Kate Meyer and Julia Rayner), and his brother, Henryk (Ed Stoppard).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Roman Polanski
  • Studio: Robert Benmussa, Canal Plus, Bac Distribution
  • Year: 2002
  • Run Time: 148 minutes
  • Country: Germany, France, UK, Poland
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for violence and brief strong language)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 2002 12 27 (USA - Limited)

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