Biography of Frederic Chopin.Biography of Frederic Chopin.Biography of Frederic Chopin.Biography of Frederic Chopin.Biography of Frederic Chopin.
Sig Arno
- Henri Dupontas Henri Dupont
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David Bond
- Lackeyas Lackey
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Walter Bonn
- Major Domoas Major Domo
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Eugene Borden
- Duke of Orleansas Duke of Orleans
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William Challee
- Titusas Titus
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Paul Conrad
- Waiteras Waiter
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Gino Corrado
- Man at Pleyel'sas Man at Pleyel's
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Peter Cusanelli
- Balzacas Balzac
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Claire Du Brey
- Madame Mercieras Madame Mercier
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Professor Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. At a recital in a duke's home Chopin insults the new Russian-installed governor, and must flee the country. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland. —Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
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Well done, albeit "Hollywoodized," biography of Chopin
I love this movie. I realize that many of the facts of Chopin's life have been altered in order to make an appealing story which fits into a normal-length movie. Despite this, this movie has much to commend it, starting with the fact that it is filled with some of the best music Chopin -- or anyone, for that matter -- ever wrote (played, I believe, by Jose Iturbi). Also, unlike one reviewer, I find it well cast, and well acted as well -- in the style of the time in which it was made. In my view this movie is characteristic of both the strong points and flaws of Hollywood's golden age.
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- Schryer
- Mar 11, 1999
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