TY - GEN AU - Polanski,Roman AU - Benmussa,Robert AU - Sarde,Alain AU - Harwood,Ronald AU - Brody,Adrien AU - Kretschmann,Thomas AU - Finlay,Frank AU - Lipman,Maureen AU - Fox,Emilia AU - Stoppard,Ed AU - Rayner,Julia AU - Meyer,Jessica Kate AU - Edelman,Pawel AU - Kilar,Wojciech AU - Szpilman,Władysław ED - R.P. Productions. ED - Heritage Films (Firm : Warsaw, Poland) ED - Studio Babelsberg. ED - Runteam Ltd. ED - Studio Canal+. ED - Universal Pictures (Firm) TI - The pianist SN - 078327856X PY - 2002/// CY - [United States] PB - Universal KW - Szpilman, Władysław. KW - Jews KW - Poland KW - Warsaw KW - Biography KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Personal narratives KW - Jewish musicians KW - Feature films KW - gsafd KW - Biographical films KW - lcsh KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Based on the book Śmierć miasta by Wladyslaw Szpilman; Special features: "A story of survival" featurette which includes insight into the making of the film, Roman Polanski's own story of survival during WWII, behind-the-scenes interviews with Oscar winners Roamn Polanski, Adrien Brody and Ronald Harwood, clips of Wladyslaw Szpilman playing the piano; Director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Herve de Luze ; music, Wojciech Kilar ; costume designer, Anna Sheppard ; production designer, Allan Starski; Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer; MPAA rating: R, for violence and brief strong language N2 - Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis ER -