Young Chopin

Young Chopin (1952)


  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1952-03-25
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: Polski
  • Production Company: Film Polski
  • Production Country: Poland
  • Director: Aleksander Ford
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Summary

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.

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  • Czesław Wołłejko

    as Fryderyk Chopin
  • Zbigniew Łobodziński

    as Seweryn Goszczynski
  • Józef Nieweglowski

    as Dominik Magnuszewski
  • Jerzy Duszyński

    as Stefan Witwicki
  • Jerzy Pietraszkiewicz

    as Bohdan Zaleski
  • Leon Pietraszkiewicz

    as Nikolaj N. Nowosilcow
  • Aleksandra Śląska

    as Konstancja Gladkowska
  • Jan Kurnakowicz

    as Prof. Jozef Elsner
  • Gustaw Buszyński

    as Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
  • Tadeusz Białoszczyński

    as Joachim Lelewel
  • Justyna Kreczmar

    as Zuska, maid
  • Czeslaw Strzelecki

    as Prince Jabanonowski
  • Lech Ordon

    as The sleeping Student
  • Mieczyslaw Wojnicki

    as Lt. Pisarzewski
  • Janusz Ściwiarski

    as Spy at Inn
  • Kazimierz Szubert

    as Prof. Feliks Bentkowski
  • Jan Ciecierski

    as Dr. Malfati
  • Franciszek Jamry

    as Nicolo Paganini
  • Stefan Drewicz

    as Chopin's Father (as S. Drewicz)
  • Maria Gorczyńska

    as Chopin's Mother
  • Tadeusz Cygler

    as Maj. Nikolai Sergeivich Lunin
  • Bolesław Mierzejewski

    as Prof. Linde
  • Olgierd Jacewicz

    as Piotr Wysocki, assassin (as O. Jacewicz)
  • Feliks Chmurkowski

    as Osianski (as F. Chmurkowski)
  • Aleksander Gąssowski

    as Grzymala
  • Ryszard Barycz

    as Godebski
  • Zenon Burzyński

    as Ignacy Dobrzynski, student
  • Maksymilian Chmielarczyk

    as Kozmian
  • Emil Karewicz

    as Lt. Zaliwiski
  • Janusz Golc

    as Wolowski
  • Zygmunt Nowicki

    as Nabielak
  • Kazimierz Pawłowski

    as Krzyzhanowski
  • Jerzy Kaliszewski

    as Maurycy Mochnacki
  • Igor Śmiałowski

    as Tytus Wojciechowski
  • Stanisław Łapiński

    as Professor
  • Henryk Modrzewski

    as Police Inspector
  • Antoni Fuzakowski

    as Gendarme
  • Adam Cyprian

    as French Gendarme
  • Józef Andrzejewski

    as Music Critic
  • Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski

    as Music Critic
  • Stanislaw Brylinski

    as Viennese Guest
  • Klemens Roman

    as Viennese Guest
  • Aleksandra Bonarska

    as Drumka, shepherdess
  • Wladyslawa Czosnowska

    as Tavernesse
  • Kazimierz Brodzikowski

    as Skarbek's Coachman
  • Feliks Parnell

    as Wedding Coachman
  • Wieslawa Pohoza

    as Bride
  • Waclaw Lukasik

    as Bridegroom
  • Kazimierz Jarocki

    as Viennese Waiter
  • Wanda Jakubińska

    as Devotee
  • Ignacy Janiszewski

    as Old Wedding Violinist
  • Tytus Dymek

    as Old Blind Violinist
  • Leopold Zbucki

    as Organist
  • Henryk Debich

    as Conductor
  • Marian Dąbrowski

    as Postillon
  • Wacław Ścibor-Rylski

    as Post Master
  • Roman Dereń

    as Land Bailiff
  • Wincenty Łoskot

    as Sexton
  • Edmund Szafrański

    as Priest
  • Jerzy Ciesielski

    as Watchman at Editor's Office
  • Tadeusz Sutt

    as Proof-reader
  • Henryk Rzętkowski

    as Administrator
  • Zbigniew Skowroński

    as Craftsman
  • Hanna Skarżanka

    as Parisian Worker
  • Stefan Śródka

    as Parisian Worker
  • Celina Klimczak

    as Peasant Woman
  • Józef Pilarski

    as Old Peasant Man
  • Maciej Maciejewski

    as Slavic Violinist
  • Seweryn Butrym

    as Prince Franciszek Ksawery Lubecki-Drucki
  • Halina Czerny-Stefanska

    as Pianist
  • Jerzy Kaczmarek

    as (uncredited)
  • Boguslaw Marlen

    as (uncredited)
  • Stanisław Michalski

    as Street urchin (uncredited)
Writing Aleksander Ford Screenplay
Directing Aleksander Ford Director
Directing Zbigniew Kuźmiński Co-Director
Camera Jaroslav Tuzar Director of Photography
Directing Hubert Drapella Co-Director
Sound Kazimierz Serocki Original Music Composer
Art Roman Mann Art Direction
Writing Leon Kruczkowski Dialogue
Costume & Make-Up Teresa Roszkowska Costume Design
Editing Krystyna Tunis Editor
Art Cecylia Wróblewska Set Decoration
Production Piotr Bieganski Other
Production Mieczylaw Rulikowski Other
Directing Olga Fordowa Co-Director
Production Kazimierz Gaszewski Production Director
Production Tadeusz Bierczynski Administration

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