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.
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Adrien Brody Thomas Kretschmann Frank Finlay Maureen Lipman Emilia Fox Ed Stoppard Julia Rayner Jessica Kate Meyer Michal Zebrowski Wanja Mues Richard Ridings Nomi Sharron Anthony Milner Lucy Skeaping Roddy Skeaping Ben Harlan Thomas Lawinky Joachim Paul Assböck Roy Smiles Paul Bradley Daniel Caltagirone Andrzej Blumenfeld Zbigniew Zamachowski Detlev von Wangenheim Popeck Zofia Czerwińska Udo Kroschwald Uwe Rathsam Joanna Brodzik Katarzyna Bargiełowska Maja Ostaszewska John Bennett Cyril Shaps Wojciech Smolarz Lech Mackiewicz Ruth Platt Peter Rappenglück Ronan Vibert Krzysztof Pieczyński Katarzyna Figura Valentine Pelka Andrew Tiernan Tom Strauss Cezary Kosiński Paweł Burczyk Nina Franoszek John Keogh Rafał Mohr Andrzej Pieczyński Morgane Polanski Grzegorz Artman Adam Bauman Andrzej Szenajch Zbigniew Dziduch Marian Dziędziel Jerzy Góralczyk Jarosław Kopaczewski Patrick Lanagan Dorota Liliental Norbert Rakowski Piotr Siejka Tomasz Tyndyk Andrzej Walden Zbigniew Waleryś Maciej Winkler Tadeusz Wojtych Andrzej Zieliński Paweł Małaszyński Axel Prahl Borys Szyc Rafał Dajbor Adrian Hood Ryszard Kluge Maciej Kowalewski Pawel Zdun Jacek Wolszczak Malgorzata Trybalska Dawid Szurmiej Izabella Szolc
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