The Pianist
“Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.”
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Genres
Drama, War
Studio
R.P. Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Pianist performed
Budget
$35.0M
Worldwide Gross
$120.1M
Gross Profit
$85.1M
Return
3.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$17M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Adrien Brody
Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Thomas Kretschmann
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Father
Frank Finlay
Father
Mother
Maureen Lipman
Mother
Dorota
Emilia Fox
Dorota
Henryk Szpilman
Ed Stoppard
Henryk Szpilman
Regina Szpilman
Julia Rayner
Regina Szpilman
Halina Szpilman
Jessica Kate Meyer
Halina Szpilman
Jurek
Michał Żebrowski
Jurek
SS Slapping Father
Wanja Mues
SS Slapping Father
Mr. Lipa
Richard Ridings
Mr. Lipa
Feather Woman
Nomi Sharron
Feather Woman
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