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.
$35,000,000
$120,098,945
September 17, 2002
R.P. Productions, Heritage Films
79 people
Adrien Brody
Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Acting
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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