Youth of Chopin

Youth of Chopin
Directed by	Aleksander Ford
Screenplay by	Aleksander Ford
Produced by	Kazimierz Gaszewski / P.P. Film Polski
Starring	Czesław Wołłejko Aleksandra Śląska
Release date	25 March 1952 (1952-03-25)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

Youth of Chopin (Polish: Młodość Chopina) is a 1952 Polish film scripted and directed by Aleksander Ford, and produced by Film Polski at the Lodz Film Studio during 1951.^[1] It was released in the United States with English subtitles as Young Chopin in 1952 by Artkino Pictures

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Plot

A story of Chopin's life between 1825 and 1830 (ages 15 to 21).

Main cast

Czesław Wołłejko as Fryderyk Chopin
Aleksandra Śląska as Konstancja Gładkowska
Jan Kurnakowicz as Józef Elsner
Tadeusz Białoszczyński as Joachim Lelewel
Gustaw Buszyński as Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
Igor Śmiałowski as Tytus Woyciechowski
Jerzy Kaliszewski as Maurycy Mochnacki
Justyna Kreczmarowa
Maciej Maciejewski
Emil Karewicz
Jerzy Duszyński
Leon Pietraszkiewicz
Seweryn Butrym
Leon Pietraszkiewicz as Nikołaj Nowosilcow
Tadeusz Cygler as major Nikołaj Łunin
Stefan Śródka
Lech Ordon as student
Maksymilian Chmielarczyk as Koźmian

References

^ Młodość Chopina at the Internet Polish Movie Database (in Polish)

External links

Youth of Chopin at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Aleksander Ford
Granny Had No Worries (1935) Border Street (1948) Youth of Chopin (1952) Five Boys from Barska Street (1954) The Eighth Day of the Week (1958) Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960) The First Day of Freedom (1964) The Doctor Speaks Out (1966) The First Circle (1973)

Frédéric Chopin

Concertante works

Chamber music
and songs

19 Polish Songs

Ballades

Études

Opus 10	No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12
Opus 25	No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12
Trois nouvelles études	Trois nouvelles études

Impromptus

Opus 28

No. 1 in C major
No. 2 in A minor
No. 3 in G major
No. 4 in E minor
No. 5 in D major
No. 6 in B minor
No. 7 in A major
No. 8 in F♯ minor
No. 9 in E major
No. 10 in C♯ minor
No. 11 in B major
No. 12 in G♯ minor
No. 13 in F♯ major
No. 14 in E♭ minor
No. 15 in D♭ major
No. 16 in B♭ minor
No. 17 in A♭ major
No. 18 in F minor
No. 19 in E♭ major
No. 20 in C minor
No. 21 in B♭ major
No. 22 in G minor
No. 23 in F major
No. 24 in D minor

Others

Prelude in C♯ minor, Op. 45
Prelude in A♭ major (ded. Pierre Wolff)
Devil's Trill Prelude

Rondos

Rondo in C minor, Op. 1
Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5
Rondo in E♭ major, Op. 16
Rondo in C major, Op. posth. 73 (versions for solo piano and two pianos)
Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14

Scherzos

Waltzes

Miscellaneous

With opus numbers: Variations brillantes in B♭ major on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic, Op. 12; Boléro, Op. 19; Tarantelle in A♭ major, Op. 43; Allegro de concert, Op. 46; Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49; Berceuse in D♭ major, Op. 57; Barcarolle in F♯ major, Op. 60; Marche funèbre in C minor, Op. posth. 72/2; Three Écossaises, Op. posth. 72/3; 17 Polish songs, Op. posth. 74

Without opus numbers: Album Leaf (Moderato) in E major, B. 151; Andantino in G minor (arr. of the piano part of the song Wiosna), B. 117; 2 Bourrées, B. 160b; Canon in F minor, B. 129a; Cantabile in B♭ major, B. 84; Contredanse in G♭ major (doubtful), B. 17; Fugue in A minor, B. 144; 3 Fugues; arr. from Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue, KK. VIIa/2; Galopp in A♭ (Galop Marquis), P. 2/13; Introduction, Theme and Variations in D on a Venetian air, for piano 4-hands, KK. IVa/6; Klavierstück in B♭ (1834), P. 2/6; Klavierstück in E♭ (1837), P. 2/5; Klavierstück in E♭ (1840), P. 2/10; Largo in E♭, B. 109; 2 Polish songs, B. 51, 132; Variations in A major, Souvenir de Paganini, B. 37; Variation in E major for Hexameron, B. 113; Variations in E major for flute and piano on "Non più mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, B.9, KK. Anh. Ia/5; Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un Lied allemand, B. 14

Ballets to Chopin

Cultural depictions

Nocturne of Love (1919 film)
Youth of Chopin (1952 film)
Chopin (opera)
Eternal Sonata (video game)
Musical Moments from Chopin (cartoon)

Family

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