Der Pianist (2002)
Warschau, 1939. Die Besetzung Polens durch die Deutschen bedeutet für den gefeierten polnisch-jüdischen Pianisten Wladyslaw Szpilman den Beginn eines langen Leidenswegs. Durch einen Glücksfall entgeht er dem Transport ins KZ, in dem seine gesamte Familie ums Leben kommt. Von nun an fristet er ein Dasein im Untergrund. Hungrig, krank und psychisch vor dem Kollaps stehend, wird er gegen Kriegsende schließlich von einem deutschen Offizier aufgespürt. Doch anstatt ihn auszuliefern, bittet er ihn, Klavier zu spielen. Szpilmans Rettung. Der Pianist ist eine Filmadaption der Biographie „Das wunderbare Überleben“ von Wladyslaw Szpilman. Das Filmdrama des Regisseurs Roman Polanski hat mit dem Film auch ein Stück eigene Geschichte aufgearbeitet.
Der Regisseur:
Roman Polanski
Der Autor:
Ronald Harwood
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Adrien Brody as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman |
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Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld |
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Frank Finlay as Father |
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Maureen Lipman as Mother |
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Emilia Fox as Dorota |
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Ed Stoppard as Henryk Szpilman |
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Julia Rayner as Regina Szpilman |
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Jessica Kate Meyer as Halina Szpilman |
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Michał Żebrowski as Jurek |
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Wanja Mues as SS Slapping Father |
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Richard Ridings as Mr. Lipa |
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Nomi Sharron as Feather Woman |
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Anthony Milner as Man Waiting to Cross |
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Lucy Skeaping as Street Musician |
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Roddy Skeaping as Street Musician |
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Ben Harlan as Street Musician |
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Thomas Lawinky as Schutzpolizei |
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Joachim Paul Assböck as Schutzpolizei |
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Roy Smiles as Itzak Heller |
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Paul Bradley as Yehuda |
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Daniel Caltagirone as Majorek |
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Andrzej Blumenfeld as Benek |
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Zbigniew Zamachowski as Customer with Coins |
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Detlev von Wangenheim as SS Officer |
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Popeck as Rubenstein |
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Zofia Czerwińska as Woman with Soup |
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Udo Kroschwald as Schultz |
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Uwe Rathsam as SS Shooting the Woman |
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Joanna Brodzik as Woman Shot in the Head |
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Katarzyna Bargiełowska as Wailing Woman |
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Maja Ostaszewska as Woman with Child |
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John Bennett as Dr. Ehrlich |
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Cyril Shaps as Mr. Grün |
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Wojciech Smolarz as Boy with Sweets |
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Lech Mackiewicz as Fellow Worker |
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Ruth Platt as Janina |
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Peter Rappenglück as SS Making a Speech |
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Ronan Vibert as Janina's Husband |
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Krzysztof Pieczyński as Marek Gębczyński |
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Katarzyna Figura as Neighbour |
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Valentine Pelka as Dorota's Husband |
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Andrew Tiernan as Szalas |
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Tom Strauss as Dr. Luczak |
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Cezary Kosiński as Lednicki |
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Paweł Burczyk as Polish Workman |
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Nina Franoszek as Polish Woman |
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John Keogh as Polish Officer |
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Rafał Mohr as Schutzpolizei |
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Andrzej Pieczyński as Prisoner |
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Morgane Polanski as Girl |
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Grzegorz Artman as Other part |
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Adam Bauman as Other part |
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Andrzej Szenajch as Other part |
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Zbigniew Dziduch as Other Part |
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Marian Dziędziel as Other part |
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Jerzy Góralczyk as Other part |
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Jarosław Kopaczewski as Other part |
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Patrick Lanagan as Other part |
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Dorota Liliental as Other part |
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Norbert Rakowski as Other part |
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Piotr Siejka as Other part |
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Tomasz Tyndyk as Other part |
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Andrzej Walden as Other part |
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Zbigniew Waleryś as Other part |
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Maciej Winkler as Other part |
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Tadeusz Wojtych as Other Part |
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Andrzej Zieliński as Other part |
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Paweł Małaszyński as Man in Ghetto (uncredited) |
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Axel Prahl as German Soldier - Rummage Bags (uncredited) |
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Borys Szyc as Young Gestapo (uncredited) |
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Rafał Dajbor as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Adrian Hood as Piano Buyer (uncredited) |
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Ryszard Kluge as Jew Working on the Bulding Site (uncredited) |
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Maciej Kowalewski as SS Officer (uncredited) |
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Paweł Zdun as (uncredited) |
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Jacek Wolszczak as Man in Ghetto (uncredited) |
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Malgorzata Trybalska as Zydówka (uncredited) |
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Dawid Szurmiej as Man in Ghetto (uncredited) |
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Izabella Szolc as Women in Ghetto (uncredited) |
| Directing | Roman Polanski | Director |
| Writing | Ronald Harwood | Screenplay |
| Production | Roman Polanski | Producer |
| Production | Alain Sarde | Producer |
| Editing | Hervé de Luze | Editor |
| Sound | Wojciech Kilar | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Paweł Edelman | Director of Photography |
| Production | Robert Benmussa | Producer |
| Sound | Dean Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Celestia Fox | Casting |
| Production | Heta Mantscheff | Casting |
| Art | Allan Starski | Production Design |
| Art | Nenad Pečur | Art Direction |
| Art | Wiesława Chojkowska | Set Decoration |
| Art | Gabriele Wolff | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna B. Sheppard | Costume Design |
| Directing | Sylvette Baudrot | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Weronika Migoń | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Zbigniew Gruz | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Caroline Veyssière | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Didier Lavergne | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Max Guérin | Hairstylist |
| Production | Oliver Lüer | Production Manager |
| Production | Sonja Sommer | Production Manager |
| Production | Michał Szczerbic | Production Manager |
| Production | Henning Molfenter | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Jim Dowdall | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Janusz Chlebowski | Stunts |
| Crew | Didier Duverger | Thanks |
| Editing | Lionel Cassan | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Grazyna Kozlowska | Location Manager |
| Sound | Suzana Perić | Music Editor |
| Camera | Guy Ferrandis | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Tannenberger | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Alister Mazzotti | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Inga Meissner | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Nils Konrad | Driver |
| Art | Waldemar Weiss | Construction Coordinator |
| Production | Vanessa Baker | Casting |
| Production | Brendan Donnison | Casting |
| Visual Effects | Fabien Pascal | Color Designer |
| Crew | Andrew Mollo | Creative Consultant |
| Sound | Nancy Allen | Music Editor |
| Production | Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham | Assistant Production Manager |
| Sound | Gérard Hardy | Sound Editor |
| Art | John Roberts | Painter |
| Sound | Jean-Marie Blondel | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Gérard de Lagarde | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Anne Le Campion | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Władysław Szpilman | Book |
| Production | Gene Gutowski | Co-Producer |
| Production | Lew Rywin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Henning Molfenter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Timothy Burrill | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rainer Schaper | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Anna Zenowicz | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Tomasz Karnowski | Steadicam Operator |