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Availability Label | Location | Shelfmark | Availability | Reservations |
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Central Branch | DVD Piani | On loan until: 10/Apr/24 |
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Sydenham Branch | DVD Piani | On loan until: 20/Apr/24 |
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Title Statement | The pianist [DVD] / R.P. Productions ... [et al.] ; produced by Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde ; directed by Roman Polanski ; screenplay by Ronald Harwood. |
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Additional Contributors | Polanski, Roman |
Brody, Adrien | |
Kretschmann, Thomas,1962- | |
Finlay, Frank,1926- | |
Szpilman, Władysław | |
Publication | Toronto: Distributed in Canada by TVA Films, [2003] |
Extent of Item | 2 videodiscs (148 min.) |
ISBN | (v.r.) |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 824255050524 |
Other Number | 1307343 |
General Notes | Disc label title. DVD. Special features: featurettes, production notes, musical excerpts, television spots, trailers, galleries, filmographies. Widescreen version. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Based on the book by Wladyslaw Szpilman. |
Performance Credits | Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard. |
Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: 14A. |
System Details | DVD DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
Terms of Use | For home use only. |
Contents | disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features. |
Summary | The story of Polish Jew Wladyslaw Szpilman, a celebrated composer and brilliant pianist, who witnessed the brutal Nazi occupation of his beloved city, the creation of the Warsaw Ghetto, and the deportation of his entire family to the labour camps. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction--Poland--Warsaw |
Jewish musicians--Fiction--Poland--Warsaw | |
Pianists--Fiction--Poland--Warsaw | |
Feature films | |
Films for the hearing impaired | |
By Name | Szpilman, Wladyslaw |
By Location | Warsaw (Poland)--Fiction--History |