The Pianist

Cast

Actor/-ess

Adrien Brody (Władysław Szpilman)

Thomas Kretschmann (Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld)

Emilia Fox (Dorota)

Ed Stoppard (brother Henryk Szpilman)

Frank Finlay (father Szpilman)

Julia Rayner (sister Regina Szpilman)

Jessica Kate Meyer (sister Halina Szpilman)

Joachim Paul Assböck (policeman)

Nina Franoszek (polisch woman)

Michał Zebrowski (Jurek)

Matthias Müsse (SS-Officer)

Maureen Lipman (mother Szpilman)

Richard Ridings (Mr. Lipa)

Thomas Lawinky (policeman)

Roy Smiles (Itzak Heller)

Paul Bradley (Yehuda)

Uwe Rathsam (shooting SS-man)

Ronan Vibert (Andrzej Bogucki)

Andrew Tiernan (Szalas)

Axel Prahl (german soldier)

Torsten Flach (Zig Zag)

Janusz Olejniczak (piano hands in close-ups)

Direction

Director

Roman Polanski

Assistant director

Ralph Remstedt

Caroline Veyssière

Zbigniew Gruz

Ewa Brodzka

Weronika Migon

Oliver Schnug

Marcin Szczerbic

Writing

Screenplay

Ronald Harwood

Based on

Władysław Szpilman (autobiography: Śmierć miasta)

Script supervisor

Sylvette Baudrot

Anna Zanowicz

Camera & Light

Director of photography

Paweł Edelman

Britta Mangold

Camera operator

Marek Rajca

Bogdan Dąbrowski

Volker Gläser

Patrick D. Kaethner

Steadicam

Jörg Widmer

Markus Pohlus

Optical effects

Christian Künstler

Decor

Set design

Gabriele Wolff

Wiesława Chojkowska

Nenad Pecur

Mark Rosinski

Storyboard

Maxime Rebière

Make-up artist

Didier Lavergne

Waldemar Pokromski

Costume design

Tina Strauss

Małgorzata Stefaniak

Hairdresser

Jean-Max Guérin

Art Director

Allan Starski

Sebastian Krawinkel

Cutting & Mixing

Editing

Hervé de Luze

Sound

Jean-Marie Blondel

Audio mixing

Dean Humphreys

Anne Le Campion

Casting

Celestia Fox

Heta Mantscheff

Music

Music

Wojciech Kilar

Production

Producer

Roman Polanski

Robert Menmussa

Alain Sarde

Co-Producer

Gene Gutowski

Executive Producer

Lew Rywin

Henning Molfenter

Timothy Burrill

Line producer

Daniel Champagnon

Unit production manager

Oliver Lüer

Michał Szczerbic

Location manager

Hildegard Westbeld

Grażyna Kozłowska

Janusz Czech

Lars Rieken

Post-Production

Françoise Piraud

Production coordination

Gabriele Scheiger

Andrzej Besztak

Companies

Production company

R. P. Productions

Heritage Film Ltd.

Studio Babelsberg GmbH

Runteam Productions Ltd.

in Co-Operation

Canal+

Tobis StudioCanal GmbH & Co. KG

Canal + Polska

Agencja Produkcji Filmowej

Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP)