Op 23 september 1939 speelt de jonge pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman voor de radio 'Nocturne in d-mineur' van Frédéric Chopin. Door het lawaai van de bombardementen kan hij zichzelf nauwelijks horen.
| Production | Robert Benmussa | Producer |
| Production | Alain Sarde | Producer |
| Editing | Hervé de Luze | Editor |
| Sound | Wojciech Kilar | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Ronald Harwood | Screenplay |
| Directing | Roman Polanski | Director |
| Production | Roman Polanski | Producer |
| Writing | Władysław Szpilman | Novel |
| Camera | Paweł Edelman | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Sylvette Baudrot | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Celestia Fox | Casting |
| Art | Gabriele Wolff | Set Decoration |
| Art | Nenad Pečur | Art Direction |
| Art | Wiesława Chojkowska | Set Decoration |
| Production | Heta Mantscheff | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna B. Sheppard | Costume Design |
| Art | Allan Starski | Production Design |
| Directing | Zbigniew Gruz | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Caroline Veyssière | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Weronika Migoń | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Suzana Peric | Music Editor |
| Crew | Alister Mazzotti | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Inga Meissner | Transportation Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Didier Lavergne | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Grazyna Kozlowska | Location Manager |
| Production | Oliver Lüer | Production Manager |
| Production | Michał Szczerbic | Production Manager |
| Crew | Nils Konrad | Driver |
| Camera | Guy Ferrandis | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Tannenberger | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Jim Dowdall | Stunt Coordinator |
| Editing | Lionel Cassan | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Didier Duverger | Thanks |
| Production | Sonja Sommer | Production Manager |
| Production | Henning Molfenter | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Janusz Chlebowski | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Max Guérin | Hairstylist |
| Art | Waldemar Weiss | Construction Coordinator |
| Production | Brendan Donnison | Casting |
| Production | Vanessa Baker | Casting |
| Visual Effects | Fabien Pascal | Color Designer |
| Crew | Andrew Mollo | Creative Consultant |
| Sound | Nancy Allen | Music Editor |
| Sound | Gérard Hardy | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jean-Marie Blondel | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Anne Le Campion | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Gérard de Lagarde | Sound Effects |
| Production | Timothy Burrill | Executive Producer |
| Production | Henning Molfenter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lew Rywin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gene Gutowski | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Anna Zenowicz | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Rainer Schaper | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Dean Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham | Assistant Production Manager |
