TY - ADVS AU - Brody,Adrien AU - Kosma, AU - Szpilman,Władysław AU - Harwood,Ronald AU - Gutowski,Gene AU - Polanski,Roman AU - Lipman,Maureen TI - The pianist PY - 2009/// CY - Australia PB - Distributed by Universal Pictures KW - Jews KW - Poland KW - Musicians KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) KW - Warsaw KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Biographical films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Based on the book by Wladyslaw Szpilman; Library Loan Approved; Special features: A story of survival - 39 minute behind-the-scenes documentary ; Photo gallery ; International posters ; Trailers ; Filmographies; Disc 1. Feature film -- Disc 2. Special features; Director, Roman Polanski ; producers, Gene Gutowski, Roman Polanski ; screenplay, Ronald Harwood; Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer; Rated: MA15+; Rated: MA 15+ 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 -