Il pianista
Trama
È la storia di Wladyslaw Szpilman, pianista ebreo polacco, attraverso la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, dall’occupazione di Varsavia all’arrivo dell’Armata Rossa. Il film è diviso in due parti: la prima è incentrata sulla famiglia Szpilman, dall’iniziale mix di stupore e indignazione per le leggi razziali alla reclusione nel ghetto, infine alla deportazione; col treno che parte, e Wladyslaw che rimane giù, inizia la seconda parte, la fuga del pianista, il suo continuo cambiar nascondiglio, sempre a un passo dalla cattura, a mezzo dalla morte, a nessuno dall’orrore che in quegli anni ha avvolto Varsavia – non solo Varsavia.
(2002) Dramma , Guerra
Data rilascio : 17/09/2002
regia di Roman Polanski
Budget : 35.000.000,00 $
Incasso : 192.700.000,00 $
Cast
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)