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.
Roman Polanski
Director
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
Schindler's List85%
Irena's Vow74%
Freedom Writers79%
The World Will Tremble74%
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler72%
The Grey Zone66%
Resistance69%
Conspiracy72%
Escape from Sobibor72%
Adam Resurrected61%
Truth & Treason80%
Inglourious Basterds82%
Nuremberg75%
The Railway Man68%
Unbroken74%
Lee69%
Triumph of the Spirit66%
Disgrace62%
The Pawnbroker71%
Bronson69%
