Youth of Chopin explained

Youth of Chopin
Director:	Aleksander Ford
Producer:	Kazimierz Gaszewski / P.P. Film Polski
Screenplay:	Aleksander Ford
Starring:	Czesław Wołłejko Aleksandra Śląska
Runtime:	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

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=122506 Młodość Chopina