Film
Young Chopin
1952 · 98 min · ★ 5.7 · Dir. Aleksander Ford
As directed by Aleksander Ford in 1952, this Polish-language period drama chronicles the life, times and accomplishments of revered Warsaw-born Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, here played by Czeslaw Wollejko (Danton). The feature focuses exclusively on the youth of Chopin (who died at age 39), spanning his 15th year (c. 1825) through his 21st year (c. 1831); it also depicts Chopin as both prodigiously gifted and one filled with a tremendous spirit of Polish nationalism. Ford concludes with the onset of the illness that eventually killed Ford, set against the backdrop of the famous November Uprising in 1830.
Starring
Czesław Wołłejko
Fryderyk Chopin
Zbigniew Łobodziński
Seweryn Goszczynski
Józef Nieweglowski
Dominik Magnuszewski
Jerzy Duszyński
Stefan Witwicki
Jerzy Pietraszkiewicz
Bohdan Zaleski
Leon Pietraszkiewicz
Nikolaj N. Nowosilcow
Aleksandra Śląska
Konstancja Gladkowska
Jan Kurnakowicz
Prof. Jozef Elsner
Gustaw Buszyński
Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
Tadeusz Białoszczyński
Joachim Lelewel
Justyna Kreczmar
Zuska, maid
Czeslaw Strzelecki
Prince Jabanonowski
Lech Ordon
The sleeping Student
Mieczyslaw Wojnicki
Lt. Pisarzewski
Janusz Ściwiarski
Spy at Inn
Kazimierz Szubert
Prof. Feliks Bentkowski
Jan Ciecierski
Dr. Malfati
Franciszek Jamry
Nicolo Paganini