| The Pianist (2003)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Adrien Brody |
Wladyslaw Szpilman
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| 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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| Jessica Kate Meyer |
Halina
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| Julia Rayner |
Regina
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| Ed Stoppard |
Henryk
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| Wanja Mues |
SS Slapping Father
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| Michal Zebrowski |
Jurek
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| Richard Ridings |
Mr. Lipa
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| Plot |
| Winner of the prestigious Golden Palm award at the 2002 Cannes film festival, The Pianist is the film that Roman Polanski was born to direct. A childhood survivor of Nazi-occupied Poland, Polanski was uniquely suited to tell the story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew and concert pianist (played by Adrien Brody) who witnessed the Nazi invasion of Warsaw, miraculously eluded the Nazi death camps, and survived throughout World War II by hiding among the ruins of the Warsaw ghetto. Unlike any previous dramatization of the Nazi holocaust, The Pianist steadfastly maintains its protagonist's singular point of view, allowing Polanski to create an intimate odyssey on an epic wartime scale, drawing a direct parallel between Szpilman's tenacious, primitive existence and the wholesale destruction of the city he refuses to abandon. Uncompromising in its physical and emotional authenticity, The Pianist strikes an ultimate note of hope and soulful purity. As with Schindler's List, it's one of the greatest films ever made about humanity's darkest chapter. --Jeff Shannon |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; War; Music |
| Director |
Roman Polanski |
| Producer |
Alain Sarde; Roman Polanski; Robert Benmussa; Timothy Burrill |
| Writer |
Ronald Harwood; Wladyslaw Szpilman |
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| Studio |
Universal Studios |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
180 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
1/3/2003 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
484 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
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| Edition Details |
| Edition |
Widescreen Edition |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
025192276620 |
| Release Date |
5/27/2003 |
| Subtitles |
French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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A Story Of Survival
Insight into the Making Of the Film and Its Authenticity
Roman Polanski's Own Story of Survival During WWII
Behind-the-Scenes Interviews With Oscar Winners Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody and Ronald Harwood
Clips of Wladyslaw Szpilman Playing the Piano
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