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The Pianist [videorecording] / a Roman Polanski film ; a France-Poland-Germany-United Kingdom coproduction ; R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runteam Ltd. with the participation of Canal+ ... [et al.] ; produced by Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde ; screenplay by Ronald Harwood.

Contributor Polanski, Roman.

Imprint:[Universal City, CA : Iniversal, c2003.

Description1 videodisc ( 149 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Based on the book Smierc miasta by Wladyslaw Szpilman.

Note: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 Wladyslaw Szpilman playing the piano.

Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 2002

Target AudienceMPAA rating: R, for violence and brief strong language.

Note: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.

Note : PerformerAdrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer.

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Contributor
Polanski, Roman.
Benmussa, Robert.
Sarde, Alain, 1952-
Harwood, Ronald, 1934-2020.
Brody, Adrien.
Finlay, Frank, 1926-2016.
Lipman, Maureen.
Fox, Emilia, 1974-
Stoppard, Ed.
Rayner, Julia.
Meyer, Jessica Kate.
Edelman, Pawel, 1958-
Kilar, Wojciech.
Szpilman, Wladyslaw. Smierc miasta.
Luze, Hervé de.
Sheppard, Anna.
Starski, Allan, 1943-
R.P. Productions.
Heritage Films (Firm : Warsaw, Poland)
Studio Babelsberg.
Runteam Ltd.
Studio Canal+
Universal Pictures (Firm)
Title:
Pianist [videorecording]
Subject:
Szpilman, Wladyslaw -- Drama.
Subject:
Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Personal narratives.
Jewish musicians -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Biography.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
War films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.