THE PIANIST

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• Release Year: 2002
• Genre: Drama, Music, War
• Plot: 'The best picture of theiyear.' -Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune; ; Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and winner of 3, The Pianist stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody in the true-life story of brilliant pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman, the most acclaimed young musician of his time until his promising career was interrupted by the onset of World War II. This powerful, ultimately triumphant film follows Szpilman's heroic and inspirational journey of survival with the unlikely help from a sympathetic German officer. A truly unforgettable epic, testifying to both the power of hope and the resiliency of the human spirit, The Pianist is a miraculous tale of survival masterfully brought to life by visionary filmmaker Roman Polanski in his most personal movie ever.
• Cast: Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Ed Stoppard, Wanja Mues, Richard Ridings, Nomi Sharron, Anthony Milner, Lucy Skeaping, Roddy Skeaping, Ben Harlan, Thomas Lawincky, Roy Smiles, Paul Bradley, Daniel Caltagirone, Andrzej Blumenfeld, Darian Wawer, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Lejb Fogelman, Detlev von Wangenheim, Popeck, Zofia Czerwinska, Emilio Fernandez, Udo Kroschwald, Uwe Rathsam, Joanna Brodzik, Katarzyna Bargielowska, Maja Ostaszewska, John Bennett, Cyril Shaps, Wojciech Smolarz, Lech Mackiewicz, Ruth Platt, Frank-Michael Köbe, Torsten Flach, Peter Rappenglück, Krzysztof Pieczynski, Katarzyna Figura, Valentine Pelka, Tom Strauss, Cezary Kosinski, Pawel Burczyk, Jerzy Góralczyk, Dmitri Leshchenko, Rafal Mohr, Andrzej Pieczynski, Morgane Polanski, Maurycy Zylber, Anna Gryszka, John Keogh, Ryszard Kluge, Ireneusz Machnicki, Pawel Malaszynski, Adam Malecki, Axel Prahl, Dagmara Sieminska, Izabella Szolc, David Szurmiej, Borys Szyc, Jacek Wolszczak, Roman Polanski
• Director: Roman Polanski
• Runtime: 2:30
• Company: Universal Studios
• Media Format: Movie