''Youth of Chopin'' (Polish: ''Młodość Chopina'') is a

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

Polish film The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as the history of cinematography, and it has universally recognized achievements, even though Polish films tend to be less commercially available than films from several other European nations. Af ...

scripted and directed by

Aleksander Ford Aleksander Ford (born Mosze Lifszyc; 24 November 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire – 4 April 1980 in Naples, Florida, U.S.) was a Polish film director; and head of the Polish People's Army Film Crew in the Soviet Union during World War II. Follow ...

, and produced by

Film Polski Film Polski (also Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Film Polski) was the state-run film production and distribution organization of Poland, founded in 1945. History On November 13, 1945, the postwar communist government decreed the formation of Polsk ...

at the Lodz Film Studio during 1951.''Młodość Chopina''
at the Internet Polish Movie Database It was released in the United States with English subtitles as ''Young Chopin'' in 1952 by

Artkino Pictures Nicola Napoli, was the President of Artkino Pictures, Inc., the primary distributor of Soviet films in the United States, Canada, Central America and South America from 1940 to 1982. Napoli was a double agent Soviet Spy for the United States. In 19 ...

Plot

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

Main cast

* Czesław Wołłejko as

Fryderyk Chopin The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's B ...

Aleksandra Śląska Aleksandra Śląska (4 November 1925 – 18 September 1989) was a Polish film actress. She appeared in 18 films between 1948 and 1983. Born in Katowice, Upper Silesia, she left for Warsaw after World War II. She was buried in the Powązki ...

as Konstancja Gładkowska *

Jan Kurnakowicz Jan Kurnakowicz (27 January 1901 – 4 October 1968) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 24 films between 1929 and 1958. Selected filmography * '' Prokurator Alicja Horn'' (1933) * '' Bohaterowie Sybiru'' (1936) * ''Pan Twardowski'' (19 ...

as Józef Elsner * Tadeusz Białoszczyński as Joachim Lelewel * Gustaw Buszyński as

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (; lt, Аdomas Jurgis Čartoriskis; 14 January 177015 July 1861), in English known as Adam George Czartoryski, was a Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author. The son of a wealthy prince, he began his political c ...

Igor Śmiałowski Igor Śmiałowski (20 June 1917, in Moscow, Russia – 16 June 2006, in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish actor. Selected filmography * '' Ostatni etap'' (1947) * '' Miasto nieujarzmione'' (1950) * '' Warszawska syrena'' (1955) * ''Stawka większa ...

Tytus Woyciechowski Tytus Sylwester Woyciechowski (31 December 1808 – 23 March 1879) was a Polish political activist, agriculturalist, and patron of art. He was an early friend of the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. The spelling of Woyciechowski's surname is ...

Jerzy Kaliszewski Jerzy Kaliszewski (June 8, 1912 – May 31, 1990) was a Polish actor, recipient of multiple awards. Filmography * ''Doctor Murek'' (1939) * ''Unvanquished City'' (1950) * ''Youth of Chopin'' (1952) * ''Stawka większa niż życie'' (1968) ...

Maurycy Mochnacki Maurycy Mochnacki (13 September 1803, in Bojaniec near Żółkiew – 20 December 1834, in Auxerre) was a Polish literary, theatre and music critic, publicist, journalist, pianist, historian and independence activist. One of the main theorists of ...

* Justyna Kreczmarowa * Maciej Maciejewski *

Emil Karewicz Emil Karewicz (13 March 1923 – 18 March 2020) was a Polish actor. Early life His acting career began in Wilno, at the local theatre, where he played the role of a monkey in the "Quartet" by Ivan Krylov. During World War II he served in the Po ...

* Jerzy Duszyński *

Leon Pietraszkiewicz Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...

Seweryn Butrym Seweryn may refer to: * Seweryn Berson (1858–1917), Polish lawyer and composer * Seweryn Bialer (born 1926), emeritus professor of political science at Columbia University, expert on the Communist parties of the Soviet Union and Poland * Sewery ...

as Nikołaj Nowosilcow * Tadeusz Cygler as major Nikołaj Łunin * Stefan Śródka * Lech Ordon as student * Maksymilian Chmielarczyk as Koźmian

References

External links

* 1952 films 1950s historical films 1950s Polish-language films Films directed by Aleksander Ford Films about classical music and musicians Films about composers Cultural depictions of Frédéric Chopin Polish historical films Polish black-and-white films Films set in the 1820s Films set in the 1830s {{Poland-film-stub