''The Farewell Waltz'' (French: ''La valse de l'adieu'') is a 1928 French silent biographical film directed by

Henry Roussel Henry Roussel (1875–1946), also known as Henry Roussell, was a French silent film actor, film director and screenwriter best known for his silent films of the 1910s and 1920s. He starred in well over 40 films between 1912 and 1939. Selecte ...

and starring Pierre Blanchar, Marie Bell and

Georges Deneubourg Georges Deneubourg (1860–1936) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.163 Selected filmography * ''La Tosca'' (1908) * '' Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) * ''Mothers of France'' (1917) * '' The Fall of the Romanoffs'' (1917) * '' ...

.Timbrell p.93 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Jaquelux.

Main cast

* Pierre Blanchar as Frédéric Chopin * Marie Bell as

Maria Wodzińska Maria Wodzińska, ''primo voto'' Skarbkowa, ''secundo voto'' Orpiszewska (7 January 1819 – 7 December 1896), was a Polish artist who was once engaged to composer Frédéric Chopin. Life Maria Wodzińska was a daughter of Count Wincenty Wodzi ...

Józef Elsner Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner (sometimes ''Józef Ksawery Elsner''; baptismal name, ''Joseph Anton Franz Elsner''; 1 June 176918 April 1854) was a composer, music teacher, and music theoretician, active mainly in Warsaw. He was one of the firs ...

* René Maupré as le comte Józef Skarbek * Germaine Laugier as

George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, bein ...

* Jane Irys as

Marie d'Agoult Marie Cathérine Sophie, Comtesse d'Agoult (née de Flavigny; 31 December 18055 March 1876), was a Franco-German romantic author and historian, known also by her pen name, Daniel Stern. Life Marie was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with th ...

* Georgette Sorelle as la comtesse Wodzińska * Serge Chatsky as le comte Antoine Wodziński *

Jacques Maury Jacques Maury (10 November 1920 – 12 April 2020) was a French pastor. Biography Jacques was the son of Pierre Maury, a dogmatic professor at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris. Pierre Maury introduced the ideas of Karl Barth in France. ...

as Franz Liszt * Zofia Zajączkowska as Delfina Potocka

References

Bibliography

* Charles Timbrell. ''Prince of Virtuosos: A Life of Walter Rummel, American Pianist''. Scarecrow Press, 2005.

External links

* 1928 films 1920s biographical films 1920s historical films French biographical films French historical films French silent feature films Films directed by Henry Roussel Films set in the 19th century French black-and-white films Cultural depictions of Frédéric Chopin Cultural depictions of George Sand Cultural depictions of Franz Liszt 1920s French films {{1920s-France-film-stub