The Pianist

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.

Adrien Brody

(Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman)

Thomas Kretschmann

(Captain Wilm Hosenfeld)

Frank Finlay

(Father)

Maureen Lipman

(Mother)

Emilia Fox

(Dorota)

Ed Stoppard

(Henryk Szpilman)

Julia Rayner

(Regina Szpilman)

Jessica Kate Meyer

(Halina Szpilman)

Michał Żebrowski

(Jurek)

Wanja Mues

(SS Slapping Father)

Richard Ridings

(Mr. Lipa)

Nomi Sharron

(Feather Woman)

Anthony Milner

(Man Waiting to Cross)

Lucy Skeaping

(Street Musician)

Roddy Skeaping

(Street Musician)

Ben Harlan

(Street Musician)

Thomas Lawinky

(Schutzpolizei)

Joachim Paul Assböck

(Schutzpolizei)

Roy Smiles

(Itzak Heller)

Paul Bradley

(Yehuda)

Daniel Caltagirone

(Majorek)

Andrzej Blumenfeld

(Benek)

Zbigniew Zamachowski

(Customer with Coins)

Detlev von Wangenheim

(SS Officer)

Popeck

(Rubenstein)

Zofia Czerwińska

(Woman with Soup)

Udo Kroschwald

(Schultz)

Uwe Rathsam

(SS Shooting the Woman)

Joanna Brodzik

(Woman Shot in the Head)

Katarzyna Bargiełowska

(Wailing Woman)

Maja Ostaszewska

(Woman with Child)

John Bennett

(Dr. Ehrlich)

Cyril Shaps

(Mr. Grün)

Wojciech Smolarz

(Boy with Sweets)

Lech Mackiewicz

(Fellow Worker)

Ruth Platt

(Janina)

Peter Rappenglück

(SS Making a Speech)

Ronan Vibert

(Janina's Husband)

Krzysztof Pieczyński

(Marek Gębczyński)

Katarzyna Figura

(Neighbour)

Valentine Pelka

(Dorota's Husband)

Andrew Tiernan

(Szalas)

Tom Strauss

(Dr. Luczak)

Cezary Kosiński

(Lednicki)

Paweł Burczyk

(Polish Workman)

Nina Franoszek

(Polish Woman)

John Keogh

(Polish Officer)

Rafał Mohr

(Schutzpolizei)

Andrzej Pieczyński

(Prisoner)

Morgane Polanski

(Girl)

Grzegorz Artman

(Other part)

Adam Bauman

(Other part)

Andrzej Szenajch

(Other part)

Zbigniew Dziduch

(Other Part)

Marian Dziędziel

(Other part)

Jerzy Góralczyk

(Other part)

Jarosław Kopaczewski

(Other part)

Patrick Lanagan

(Other part)

Dorota Liliental

(Other part)

Norbert Rakowski

(Other part)

Piotr Siejka

(Other part)

Tomasz Tyndyk

(Other part)

Andrzej Walden

(Other part)

Zbigniew Waleryś

(Other part)

Maciej Winkler

(Other part)

Tadeusz Wojtych

(Other Part)

Andrzej Zieliński

(Other part)

Paweł Małaszyński

(Man in Ghetto (uncredited))

Axel Prahl

(German Soldier - Rummage Bags (uncredited))

Borys Szyc

(Young Gestapo (uncredited))

Rafał Dajbor

(Soldier (uncredited))

Adrian Hood

(Piano Buyer (uncredited))

Ryszard Kluge

(Jew Working on the Bulding Site (uncredited))

Maciej Kowalewski

(SS Officer (uncredited))

Paweł Zdun

((uncredited))

Jacek Wolszczak

(Man in Ghetto (uncredited))

Malgorzata Trybalska

(Zydówka (uncredited))

Dawid Szurmiej

(Man in Ghetto (uncredited))

Izabella Szolc

(Women in Ghetto (uncredited))