Farewell Waltz (1934)

6.3/10 • 91 min • Drama Music History

Overview

Warsaw 1831: The young music student Frédéric Chopin falls in love with the singer Constantia. When his professor learns that Polish revolutionaries want to persuade Chopin to take part in their uprising, he and Constantia hatch a plan to keep Chopin away from the revolution: Constantia pretends that she no longer loves him, so that Chopin accepts an offer to go to a concert in Paris. There, however, he meets the famous writer George Sand and falls in love with her.

Cast

Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Frédéric Chopin

Hanna Waag

Constantia Gladkowska

Julia Serda

Madame Gladkowska

Sybille Schmitz

George Sand

Gustav Waldau

Friedrich Kalkbrenner

Albert Hörrmann

Alfred De Musset

Erna Morena

Herzogin von Orléans

Margarete Schön

Frau Mercier

Herbert Dirmoser

Titus

Fritz Odemar

Grabowsky

Veit Harlan

Josef Reithofer

Michael von Newlinsky

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