2. Directed and produced by Roman Polanski
Scripted by RONALD HARWOOD
Pianist hands by JANUSZ OLEJNICZAK
Piano play by RUTH PLATT
3. Cast
Adrien Brody as Władysław Szpilman
Emilia Fox as Dorota
Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Daniel Caltagirone as Majorek
Roy Smiles as Itzhak Heller
4. Plot
In this adaptation of the autobiography "The Pianist: The Extraordinary
True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945," Wladyslaw
Szpilman (Adrien Brody), a Polish Jewish radio station pianist, sees Warsaw
change gradually as World War II begins. Szpilman is forced into the
Warsaw Ghetto, but is later separated from his family during Operation
Reinhard. From this time until the concentration camp prisoners are
released, Szpilman hides in various locations among the ruins of Warsaw.
5. Background
The Pianist is a 2002 biographical war drama film produced and directed
by Roman Polanski, with a script by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien
Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book The Pianist (1946), a
Holocaust memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław
Szpilman, a Holocaust survivor.
7. Main scenes
"All Will Be Well" (Situation)
Hideaway (Drama)
Hosenfeld helping Szpilman (Situational and Drama)
German Coat (Situational and Drama)