The Pianist

production: Heritage Films, R.P. Productions&
Studio Babelsberg

director:
Roman Polanski

genre:
drama/ history

cast:
Adrien Brody (Wladyslaw Szpilman)
Thomas Kretschmann (Cpt. Wilm Hosenfeld)
Frank Finlay (Father)
Maureen Lipman (Mother)
Emilia Fox (Dorota)
Julia Rayner (Regina)
Ed Stoppard (Henryk)
Jessica Kate Meyer (Halina)

synopsis

A brilliant pianist, a Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is rounded up to be shipped off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture by living in the ruins of Warsaw.

"The Pianist" won 3 Oscars and another 43 wins & 42 nominations.