Paul Rhys
Chopin
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With Paul Rhys, Penelope Wilton, Valentina Igoshina, Elizabeth McGorian. Warsaw, 1945. The invading Nazis are gone and, in a symbolic gesture, the preserved heart of Polish composer and national hero Frédéric Chopin is returned.
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- Drama
- Tony Palmer
- 109
Jan 13, 2023 · Warsaw, 1945. The invading Nazis are gone and, in a symbolic gesture, the preserved heart of Polish composer and national hero Frédéric Chopin is returned.
- 111 min
- 44.4K
- Screen Blaze
May 4, 2010 · Tony Palmer’s dramatized film tells the story of Czernika Potocka, probing a veritable mystery in a series of parallel scenes from 1945 and 1845. New light is shed on Chopin himself, not the least in the interpretation of the music brought to life by the beautiful young Russian pianist, Valentina Igoshina.
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- DVD
In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin, previously buried in Paris. A woman named Paulina Czernika approached the government claiming to have some love letters from the...
- Drama
- Paul Rhys
- Tony Palmer
A strange woman contacts him, carrying revelatory letters that she claims the composer wrote her great-grandmother, his lover. But is the woman a fraud? Are the letters forgeries? And since they show Chopin in a less than flattering light, would Poland prefer to suppress them? ...The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin
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- DVD
The invading Nazis are gone and, in a symbolic gesture, the preserved heart of Polish composer and national hero Frédéric Chopin is returned. Under German rule, even the mention of Chopin was forbidden; now, as the war-battered nation reassembles itself, author Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz recommences work on his biography of the great man.
In post-war Poland, an author writes the biography of composer Frédéric Chopin and meets a strange woman who claims her ancestor was his muse.
