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The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin: Directed by Tony Palmer. With Paul Rhys, Penelope Wilton, Valentina Igoshina, Elizabeth McGorian. Warsaw, 1945.
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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. U...
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May 4, 2010 · The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka – The Mystery of Chopin (2009) 109 minutes The facts of this story are confused and best summarised as follows : in November 1945, a woman by the name of Paulina Czernika presented herself to Polish Radio in Vilnius, claiming to be the great niece of the Countess Delfina Potocka, to whom she claimed Chopin had written letters, which she now had in her ...
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The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin. In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin, previously buried in Paris. A woman named Paulina Czernika approached ...
- Drama
- Paul Rhys
- Tony Palmer
Delfina Potocka, née Komar (March 1807 – 2 April 1877), a Polish countess, was a friend and muse to Polish expatriate artists Frédéric Chopin and Zygmunt Krasiński. [1] She was noted for her beauty, intellect and artistic gifts. [1] In her youth she was a piano student of Chopin.
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. 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 ...
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin DRAMA 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.
