Abschiedswalzer

19341934
1h 27m

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Warsaw 1831: The young music student Frédéric Chopin falls in love with the singer Constantia. When his professor learns that Polish revolutionaries want to persuade Chopin to take part in t... Read allWarsaw 1831: The young music student Frédéric Chopin falls in love with the singer Constantia. When his professor learns that Polish revolutionaries want to persuade Chopin to take part in their uprising, he and Constantia hatch a plan to keep Chopin away from the revolution: Con... Read allWarsaw 1831: The young music student Frédéric Chopin falls in love with the singer Constantia. When his professor learns that Polish revolutionaries want to persuade Chopin to take part in their uprising, he and Constantia hatch a plan to keep Chopin away from the revolution: Constantia pretends that she no longer loves him, so that Chopin accepts an offer to go to a ... Read all

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Director
- Géza von Bolváry
Writers
- Ernst Marischka
- Jacques Théry(novel)
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Trivia
In 1934, when the movie was released, Adolf Hitler wished peace with Poland and wanted more strength in the foreign policy. MInister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels signed a German-polish media agreement in order to create an atmosphere of friendship and reconciliation between the countries. Due to that it was order to play more music by Chopin on the radio and in the theaters. Germany supported Poland by buying original handwritten pieces by Chopin. It all ended due to the Anglo-Polish military alliance of 1939 which had the subject of Poland's independence. Afterwards Chopin's music was forbidden in Germany and was considered as revolutionary propaganda.

Goofs
The Polish Upraising that is portrayed in the movie started in November 1830, which is why it was called "November Upraising". In the movie the events take place in June 1831.

Quotes
Franz Liszt: [Liszt and Chopin are sitting back to back and play together] If I'm not mistaken I am being accompanied by Frederic Chopin.
Frédéric Chopin: And if I'm not mistaken it's Franz Liszt who is playing behind me.