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Genre/Form: | Video recordings for the hearing impaired Feature films Biographies Drama Personal narratives Biography |
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Named Person: | Wladyslaw Szpilman; Władysław Szpilman |
Material Type: | Videorecording |
Document Type: | Visual material |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roman Polanski; Robert Benmussa; Alain Sarde; Ronald Harwood; Adrien Brody; Thomas Kretschmann; Frank Finlay; Maureen Lipman; Emilia Fox; Ed Stoppard; Julia Rayner; Jessica Kate Meyer; Pawel Edelman; Wojciech Kilar; Wladyslaw Szpilman; R.P. Productions.; Heritage Films (Firm : Warsaw, Poland); Studio Babelsberg.; Runteam Ltd.; Studio Canal+.; Universal Pictures (Firm); et al |
ISBN: | 078327856X 9780783278568 |
OCLC Number: | 1101035895 |
Language Note: | Closed-captioned. In English, French or Spanish with English, French or Spanish subtitle. |
Notes: | Based on the book Smierc 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. |
Credits: | Director, Roman Polanski ; director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Herve de Luze ; music, Wojciech Kilar. |
Cast: | Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer. |
Target Audience: | MPAA rating: R, for violence and brief strong language. |
Description: | 1 videodisc (149 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Details: | DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound. |
Contents: | [Side 1]: the pianist -- [side 2]: bonus features. |
Responsibility: | a Roman Polanski film ; a France-Poland-Germany-United Kingdom coproduction ; R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runteam Ltd. with the participation of Canal+ ... [et al.] ; produced by Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde ; screenplay by Ronald Harwood. |
Abstract:
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.
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- Szpilman, Wladyslaw -- Drama.
- Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Biography.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Personal narratives.
- Jewish musicians -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Biography.
- Feature films.
- Films for the hearing impaired.
- Szpilman, Władysław.
- Jewish musicians.
- Jews.
- Poland -- Warsaw.