TY - ADVS AU - Polanski,Roman AU - Polanski,Roman AU - Benmussa,Robert AU - Sarde,Alain AU - Harwood,Ronald AU - Brody,Adrien AU - Kretschmann,Thomas AU - Finlay,Frank AU - Lipman,Maureen AU - Fox,Emilia AU - Stoppard,Ed AU - Rayner,Julia AU - Meyer,Jessica Kate AU - Edelman,Pawel AU - Kilar,Wojciech AU - Szpilman,Władysław ED - R.P. Productions ED - Heritage Films (Firm : Warsaw, Poland) ED - Studio Babelsberg ED - Runteam Ltd ED - Studio Canal ED - Universal Pictures (Firm) TI - Pianist SN - U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2003/// CY - Universal City, Calif. PB - Universal KW - Szpilman, Władysław KW - Jews KW - Poland KW - Warsaw KW - Biography KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Personal narratives KW - Jewish musicians KW - Feature films KW - Films for the hearing impaired KW - Foreign films N1 - Based on the book Śmierć miasta by Wladyslaw Szpilman; Videodisc release of a 2002 motion picture; 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; 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; Director, Roman Polanski ; director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Herve de Luze ; music, Wojciech Kilar; Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer; MPAA rating: R, for violence and brief strong language UR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_sIMj_DlEQ ER -