Year			2002
Country			United Kingdom / France / Poland
Genre			Drama, musical
Rating			14A
Parents			Extreme violence
Length			2:28
Director			Roman Polanski
Writer			Ronald Harwood Wladyslaw Szpilman
Company			Focus Features
Starring			Adrien Brody Daniel Caltagirone Thomas Kretschmann Frank Finlay Maureen Lipman Emilia Fox Show more... Adrien Brody Daniel Caltagirone Thomas Kretschmann Frank Finlay Maureen Lipman Emilia Fox Ed Stoppard Julia Rayner Jessica Kate Meyer Ruth Platt Katarzyna Figura Nina Franoszek Zbigniew Zamachowski Michal Zebrowski

The film is adapted from the autobiography of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew who detailed his survival during World War II. A composer and a pianist, he played the last live music heard over Polish radio airwaves before Nazi artillery hit. During the brutal occupation, he eluded deportation and remained in the devastated Warsaw ghetto. There, he struggled to stay alive even when cast away from those he loved. He would eventually reclaim his artistic gifts and confront his fears, with aid from the unlikeliest of sources.