| Uniform Title |
Pianist (Motion picture : 2002) |
| Title |
The pianist. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2023. |
| ©2002 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (143 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures : D87019. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. |
| Based on the book Śmierć miasta by Wladyslaw Szpilman. |
| A France-Poland-Germany-United Kingdom co-production. |
| Credits |
Director: Roman Polanski. Screenplay by Ronald Harwood. Produced by Roman Polanski [and 2 others]. |
| Performers |
Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Letterbox 1.85:1. |
| Language note |
English, German, French. Subtitles in English, German, French. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Awards note |
Academy Award winner, 2003: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Adrien Brody) ; Best Director (Roman Polanski) ; Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) (Ronald Harwood) ; Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival, 2002. |
| Subjects |
Szpilman, Władysław -- Film adaptations |
| Szpilman, Władysław -- Drama |
| Jews -- Poland -- Drama |
| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Drama |
| Jewish musicians -- Poland -- Drama |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Drama |
| Feature films -- France |
| Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 -- Drama |
| Genre |
Biographical films |
| Historical films |
| War films |
| Musical films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Polanski, Roman director, producer. |
| Harwood, Ronald, 1934-2020 screenwriter. |
| Brody, Adrien actor. |
| Kretschmann, Thomas, 1962- actor. |
| Motion picture adaptation of (work): Szpilman, Władysław. Śmierć miasta. |
| Series |
Classics remastered |
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