The Pianist
2002 · Movie · R · 150 min · ★ 8.4 · 90% critics
A gifted Jewish musician in occupied Warsaw is forced from ordinary life into the ghetto as war and persecution close in. Separated from family and community, he struggles to survive through displacement, danger, and hiding in a devastated city.
Based on The Pianist, Śmierć Miasta
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Details
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-09-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 150 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.4/10 (10,149 votes)
- Box office
- $120,072,577
- Budget
- $35,000,000
About
You’ll like this if you value sober, personal Holocaust dramas like Schindler's List; Not for you if you want an uplifting war story or lighter emotional viewing.
Pros: powerful true story; deeply moving performances; haunting wartime atmosphere | Cons: very distressing violence; relentlessly sad tone; limited aftermath
Themes
- concert
- nazi
- resistance
- warsaw ghetto
- polish resistance
- homeland
- holocaust (shoah)
- hunger
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- ghetto
- deportation
- +12 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2003
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2003
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2003
- European Film Award — Best Cinematographer · 2002
- Palme d'Or · 2002
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- BAFTA Award — Best Direction
- BAFTA Award — Best Film
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design · 2003 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Cinematographer · 2002 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2002 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 2002 · nominated
- Jameson People's Choice Award — Best Actor · 2002 · nominated
Cast & crew
Adrien Brody
as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Thomas Kretschmann
as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Frank Finlay
as Father
Maureen Lipman
as Mother
Emilia Fox
as Dorota
Ed Stoppard
as Henryk Szpilman
Julia Rayner
as Regina Szpilman
Jessica Kate Meyer
as Halina Szpilman
Michał Żebrowski
as Jurek
Wanja Mues
as SS Slapping Father
Directed by Roman Polanski