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A Song to Remember

A Song to Remember

1945Movie⏱️ 1h 53mApproved
BiographyDramaMusic
6.6
IMDB Rating
1,744 votes

Biography of Frederic Chopin.

Director
Charles Vidor
Writers
Sidney Buchman, Ernst Marischka
Stars
Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde
Release Date
January 18, 1945
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎯 8
Nominations
💬 55
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Paul Muni
Paul Muni
as Prof. Joseph Elsner
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon
as George Sand
Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde
as Frédéric Chopin
Nina Foch
Nina Foch
as Constantia
George Coulouris
George Coulouris
as Louis Pleyel
Howard Freeman
Howard Freeman
as Kalkbrenner
Stephen Bekassy
Stephen Bekassy
as Franz Liszt
Sig Arno
Sig Arno
as Henri Dupont
Dawn Bender
Dawn Bender
as Isabelle Chopin - Age 9
David Bond
David Bond
as Lackey

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Production
Columbia Pictures

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BiographyDramaMusic

⭐ Featured Review

Entertaining by inaccurate
by FlickJunkie-22000-11-19
7/10

"I love the music of Chopin. That is why I was eager to see this 1945 classic about his life. After seeing it, I enjoyed the film so much that it spurred me to seek out some biographical information on his life. After having done so, I realized that the story in the film bore very little resemblance to the truth and I was greatly disappointed. It was just another example of extremely entertaining Hollywood drivel. As a work of fiction, the film was nicely done. The story was enchanting and it painted Chopin as a very noble patriot, playing himself to death in concerts to earn money to sup..."

💡 Did You Know?

Liberace, who was in 1945 performing as "Walter 'Buster' Keys," stated that he got the idea of having an ornate candelabra on his piano from the scene in this film when George Sand (Merle Oberon) carries a candelabra into the darkened salon and places it on the piano to reveal Chopin as the pianist rather than Franz Liszt.

📖 Synopsis

Biography of Frederic Chopin.