

“Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.”
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.
Director: Roman Polanski
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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

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