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The Pianist (2002) [R]

Release Date:
September 17, 2002

Original Title:
The Pianist

Alternate Titles:
Der Pianist
El pianista
Le pianiste
O Pianista
Pianista
Pianisti
Piyanist
The Pianist
Пианист
戰地琴人
钢琴师
钢琴恋曲
钢琴战曲
피아니스트

Genres:
Drama | War

Production Companies:
Agencja Produkcji Filmowej
Bac Films
Canal+
Canal+ Polska
Heritage Films
R.P. Productions
Runteam
Studio Babelsberg
StudioCanal
TVP

Production Countries:
France | Germany | Poland | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  AU: MA15+  BR: 14  CH: 16  CZ: 12+|15+  DE: 12  ES: 12  FR: TP|16  GB: 15  GR: 16  HU: 18  IE: 15  JP: R18+  KR: 12  NL: 12|16  PL: 12  PT: M/12  RO: 18  SE: 15  TW: 輔12  US: R 

Runtime: 150

Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.

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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.

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Production

Art Direction:
Nenad Pečur

Assistant Director:
Caroline Veyssière
Zbigniew Gruz
Weronika Migoń

Assistant Editor:
Lionel Cassan

Assistant Production Manager:
Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham

Associate Producer:
Rainer Schaper

Casting:
Celestia Fox
Heta Mantscheff
Brendan Donnison
Vanessa Baker

Co-Producer:
Gene Gutowski

Color Designer:
Fabien Pascal

Construction Coordinator:
Waldemar Weiss

Costume Design:
Anna B. Sheppard

Creative Consultant:
Andrew Mollo

Director:
Roman Polanski

Director of Photography:
Paweł Edelman

Driver:
Nils Konrad

Editor:
Hervé de Luze

Executive Producer:
Timothy Burrill
Henning Molfenter
Lew Rywin

Hairstylist:
Jean-Max Guérin

Location Manager:
Grazyna Kozlowska

Makeup Artist:
Didier Lavergne

Music Editor:
Suzana Peric
Nancy Allen

Novel:
Władysław Szpilman

Original Music Composer:
Wojciech Kilar

Painter:
John Roberts

Producer:
Roman Polanski
Alain Sarde
Robert Benmussa

Production Design:
Allan Starski

Production Manager:
Sonja Sommer
Oliver Lüer
Michał Szczerbic

Production Sound Mixer:
Jean-Marie Blondel

Production Supervisor:
Henning Molfenter

Screenplay:
Ronald Harwood

Script Supervisor:
Sylvette Baudrot
Anna Zenowicz

Set Decoration:
Wiesława Chojkowska
Gabriele Wolff

Sound Editor:
Gérard Hardy

Sound Effects:
Gérard de Lagarde

Sound Mixer:
Anne Le Campion

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Dean Humphreys

Special Effects Coordinator:
Alister Mazzotti

Still Photographer:
Guy Ferrandis

Stunt Coordinator:
Jim Dowdall

Stunts:
Janusz Chlebowski

Thanks:
Didier Duverger

Transportation Coordinator:
Inga Meissner

Visual Effects Producer:
Thomas Tannenberger

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