Today’s movie is a biographical
drama with a scene that happens on January 11. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
A SONG TO REMEMBER
Frederic Chopin is a piano
prodigy and Polish patriot. He becomes involved in the secret underground
anti-Russian Polish resistance, while his piano teacher wants him to move to
Paris. After Frederic insults the Russian governor, he has to flee and move to
Paris. After arriving in Paris, Frederic begins performing and meets the great
pianist Franz Liszt and female author George Sand. Frederic is very upset to learn that two of his friends in Poland
were arrested and executed for helping him escape. George Sands arranges a performance where in a darkened room
everyone thinks they are listening to Liszt, but it is actually Chopin playing.
Frederic and George go on a holiday to Majorca, where he writes many
outstanding works. Frederic and his teacher Józef Elsner become estranged. Even
though he is ill, and in spite of the opposition of George Sand, Frederic goes
on a concert tour of Europe. On January 11, 18__ he plays in Berlin.[1:42:17 to
1:42:36] The money he earns is used to pay bribes to get imprisoned Polish
patriots out of prison. The strain of
the tour causes Frederic’s health to collapse and he dies.
An almost completely fictional
biography having very little to do with Chopin’s real life. It is an
entertaining story however. If you regard it as entertainment and not history
it is a very enjoyable film.
The date is given at 1:42:20 on a
poster.
Producer - B. F. Zeidman
Director - Charles Vidor
Screenplay - Sidney Buchman
Runtime – 1 hour 53 minutes
Released – January 18, 1945
Starring –
Cornel Wilde as Frédéric Chopin
Paul Muni as Józef Elsner
Ivan Triesault as Nicolas Chopin
Nina Foch as Constantia
Stephen Bekassy as Franz Liszt
Merle Oberon as George Sand
George Coulouris as Louis Pleyel
Howard Freeman as Friedrich
Kalkbrenner
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