Rent The Pianist (2002)
3.9 of 5 from 379 ratings
2h 23min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece. Based on a true story from the acclaimed Bafta and Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski. They were degraded, they were hoarded up and they were sent to die. A brave few fought back, but one man would not be beaten, would not be taken and would stay and hide. Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody), a brilliant Polish pianist, a Jew, escapes deportation. Forced to live in the heart of the Warsaw ghetto, he shares the suffering, the humiliation and the struggles, and manages to escape and hide in the ruins of the capital.
- Actors:
- Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox, Michal Zebrowski, Ed Stoppard, Maureen Lipman, Jessica Kate Meyer, Julia Rayner, Wanja Mues, Richard Ridings, Nomi Sharron, Anthony Milner, Lucy Skeaping, Roddy Skeaping, Ben Harlan, Thomas Lawincky, Joachim Paul Assböck, Roy Smiles, Paul Bradley
- Directors:
- Roman Polanski
- Producers:
- Robert Benmussa, Roman Polanski, Alain Sarde
- Writers:
- Ronald Harwood, Wladyslaw Szpilman
- Others:
- Ronald Harwood, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde, Gérard Hardy, Wojciech Kilar, Pawel Edelman, Jean-Marie Blondel, Dean Humphreys, Anna Sheppard, Hervé de Luze
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2023, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, British WWII Films: The Home Front and Europe, Drama Films & TV, New waves of Polish Cinema, Oscar Nominations Competition 2024, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Martin Scorsese, Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top 10 Cannes Palme d'Or Winners, Top 10 Films About Trains: Westerns and War Movies, Top Films, What to watch by country
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/09/2010
- Run Time:
- 149 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Original trailer
- A story of survival: Behind the scenes of The pianist
- Interview with writer Ronald Harwood
- Interview with Andrzej Szpilman
- Interview with Daniel Szpilman
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/09/2023
- Run Time:
- 149 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Interview with French Film Critic Micheal Ciment
- Restoration Featurette
- Trailer
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Reviews (2) of The Pianist
The most intense holocaust - The Pianist review by JD
There have been several holocaust films each with a different message this was the most intensely horrifying and emotional by far. Extremely violent. Some of the acting was a bit thin (not Lipman's nor Finlay's finest) but utterly exhausting.
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Document of the Polish Occupation. - The Pianist review by Steve
Polanski was a survivor of the Polish ghetto so brings personal experience to this true story about a Polish musician's degrading and desperate attempt to survive occupation; a story about how war diminishes the humanity of all. A little polished, but a powerful anti war message.
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