L'eterna armonia
Trama
Chopin muove i primi passi sotto la guida di Joseph Elsner, vecchio professore che ha intuito che il ragazzo ha una particolare predisposizione per la musica. I suoi genitori vorrebbero invece che si dedicasse allo studio. Il ragazzo ben presto entra in contatto con le organizzazioni patriottiche che lottano per l'indipedenza della Polonia. Chiamato a suonare davanti al governatore russo Chopin si rifiuta ed è costretto a lasciare il suo amato paese. A Parigi ottiene il successo e conosce George Sand, la scrittrice che avrà tanta influenza sul suo futuro.
(1945) Musica , Dramma
Data rilascio : 19/01/1945
regia di Charles Vidor
Cast
Paul Muni - Professor Joseph Elsner
Merle Oberon - George Sand
Cornel Wilde - Frédéric Chopin
Nina Foch - Constantia
George Coulouris - Louis Pleyel
Howard Freeman - Friedrich Kalkbrenner
Stephen Bekassy - Franz Liszt
Sig Arno - Henri Dupont (uncredited)
Dawn Bender - Isabelle Chopin - Age 9 (uncredited)
David Bond - Lackey (uncredited)
Walter Bonn - Major Domo (uncredited)
Eugene Borden - Duke of Orleans (uncredited)
William Challee - Titus (uncredited)
Paul Conrad - Waiter (uncredited)
Gino Corrado - Man at Pleyel's (uncredited)
Peter Cusanelli - Balzac (uncredited)
Norma Drury - Duchess of Orleans (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey - Madame Mercier (uncredited)
Earl Easton - Albert (uncredited)
Fern Emmett - Madame Lambert (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum - Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
Gregory Gaye - Young Russian (uncredited)
John George - Servant (uncredited)
Fay Helm - Madame Chopin (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes - Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Zoia Karabanova - Countess (uncredited)
Charles La Torre - Postman (uncredited)
Al Luttringer - De La Croux (uncredited)
George Macready - Alfred DeMusset (uncredited)
Darren McGavin - Student (uncredited)
Sybil Merritt - Isabelle Chopin (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien - Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor - Guest at Duke of Orleans (uncredited)
Alfred Paix - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Frank Puglia - Monsieur Jollet (uncredited)
William Richardson - Jan (uncredited)
Roxy Roth - Paganini (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo - Lackey (uncredited)
Henry Sharp - Russian Count (uncredited)
Maurice Tauzin - Frédéric Chopin - Age 10 (uncredited)
Victor Travis - Man at Berlin Concert (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault - Monsieur Chopin (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon - Guest at 1st Pleyel Concert (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff - Russian Governor (uncredited)
Lucy Von Boden - Window Washer (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim - Waiter (uncredited)
Eric Wilton - Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe - Pleyel's Clerk (uncredited)