TY  - ADVS
AU  - Benmussa,Robert
AU  - Brody,Adrien
AU  - Finlay,Frank
AU  - Fox,Emilia
AU  - Harwood,Ronald
AU  - Kilar,Wojciech
AU  - Kretschmann,Thomas
AU  - Lipman,Maureen
AU  - Polanski,Roman
AU  - Sarde,Alain
AU  - Stoppard,Ed
AU  - Szpilman,Władysław
ED  - Focus Features.
ED  - Heritage Films (Firm : Warsaw, Poland)
ED  - R.P. Productions.
ED  - Runteam Ltd.
ED  - Studio Babelsberg.
ED  - Studio Canal+.
ED  - Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
TI  - The pianist
SN  - 1417020059
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - [Universal City, Calif.]
PB  - Focus Features, [Distributed by] Universal Studios Home Entertainment
KW  - Szpilman, Władysław
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
KW  - Poland
KW  - Warsaw
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Drama
KW  - Jewish musicians
KW  - Biography
KW  - Jews
KW  - Biographical films
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - Historical films
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
N1  - Based on the book Śmierć miasta by Wladyslaw Szpilman; Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002; Special features: "A story of survival" featurette which includes insight into the making of the film, Roman Polanski's own story of survival during WWII, behind-the-scenes interviews with Oscar winners Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody and Ronald Harwood, clips of Władysław Szpilman playing the piano; Director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Herve de Luze ; music, Wojciech Kilar ; costume designer, Anna Sheppard; Piano solos performed by Janusz Olenjniczak ; music performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic National Orchestra of Poland, conducted by Tadeusz Strugala; Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard; MPAA rating: R, for violence and brief strong language
N2  - Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis
ER  -