The Pianist (2002) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Roman Polanski.

Cast

• Adrien Brody as Władysław 'Władek' Szpilman
• Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
• Frank Finlay as Father
• Maureen Lipman as Mother
• Emilia Fox as Dorota
• Ed Stoppard as Henryk Szpilman
• Julia Rayner as Regina Szpilman
• Jessica Kate Meyer as Halina Szpilman
• Michał Żebrowski as Jurek
• Wanja Mues as SS Slapping Father
• Richard Ridings as Mr. Lipa
• Nomi Sharron as Feather Woman
• Anthony Milner as Man Waiting to Cross
• Lucy Skeaping as Street Musician
• Roddy Skeaping as Street Musician
• Ben Harlan as Street Musician
• Thomas Lawinky as Schutzpolizei
• Joachim Paul Assböck as Schutzpolizei
• Roy Smiles as Itzak Heller
• Paul Bradley as Yehuda
• Daniel Caltagirone as Majorek
• Andrzej Blumenfeld as Benek
• Zbigniew Zamachowski as Customer with Coins
• Detlev von Wangenheim as SS Officer
• Popeck as Rubenstein
• Zofia Czerwińska as Woman with Soup
• Udo Kroschwald as Schultz
• Uwe Rathsam as SS Shooting the Woman
• Joanna Brodzik as Woman Shot in the Head
• Katarzyna Bargiełowska as Wailing Woman
• Maja Ostaszewska as Woman with Child
• John Bennett as Dr. Ehrlich
• Cyril Shaps as Mr. Grün
• Wojciech Smolarz as Boy with Sweets
• Lech Mackiewicz as Fellow Worker
• Ruth Platt as Janina
• Peter Rappenglück as SS Making a Speech
• Ronan Vibert as Janina's Husband
• Krzysztof Pieczyński as Marek Gębczyński
• Katarzyna Figura as Neighbour

Crew

• Paweł Edelman — Director of Photography
• Roman Polanski — Director
• Wojciech Kilar — Original Music Composer
• Alain Sarde — Producer
• Roman Polanski — Producer
• Ronald Harwood — Screenplay
• Robert Benmussa — Producer

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