TY - ADVS 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 - Luze,Herve de AU - Kilar,Wojciech AU - Sheppard,Anna AU - Starski,Allan AU - Szpilman,Wladyslaw ED - R.P. Productions. ED - Heritage Films (Firm : Warsaw, Poland) ED - Studio Babelsberg. ED - Runteam Ltd. ED - Studio Canal+. ED - Universal Pictures (Firm) TI - The pianist SN - 0783278551 U1 - 791.43/72 21 PY - 2002/// CY - [United States] PB - Universal KW - Szpilman, Wladyslaw. KW - Jews KW - Poland KW - Warsaw KW - Biography KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Personal narratives KW - Jewish musicians KW - Feature films KW - gsafd KW - Biographical films KW - lcsh KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Based on the book Smierc miasta by Wladyslaw Szpilman; Director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Herve de Luze ; music, Wojciech Kilar ; costume designer, Anna Sheppard ; production designer, Allan Starski; 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 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 -