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A Song to Remember ()

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Biography of Frederic Chopin.
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  • Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Cast

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Prof. Joseph Elsner
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George Sand
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Frédéric Chopin
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Constantia
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Louis Pleyel
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Kalkbrenner
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Franz Liszt
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Henri Dupont (uncredited)
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Isabelle Chopin - Age 9 (uncredited)
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Lackey (uncredited)
Walter Bonn ...
Major Domo (uncredited)
Eugene Borden ...
Duke of Orleans (uncredited)
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Titus (uncredited)
Paul Conrad ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Man at Pleyel's (uncredited)
Peter Cusanelli ...
Balzac (uncredited)
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Duchess of Orleans (uncredited)
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Madame Mercier (uncredited)
Earl Easton ...
Albert (uncredited)
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Madame Lambert (uncredited)
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Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
Curt Furberg ...
Concert Spectator (uncredited)
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Young Russian (uncredited)
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Servant (uncredited)
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Madame Chopin (uncredited)
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Concert Attendee (uncredited)
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Countess (uncredited)
Charles La Torre ...
Postman (uncredited)
Al Luttringer ...
De La Croux (uncredited)
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Alfred DeMusset (uncredited)
Wolfgang E. Marum ...
Busboy (uncredited)
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Student (uncredited)
Sybil Merritt ...
Isabelle Chopin (uncredited)
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Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
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Guest at Duke of Orleans (uncredited)
Alfred Paix ...
Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Monsieur Jollet (uncredited)
William Richardson ...
Jan (uncredited)
Roxy Roth ...
Paganini (uncredited)
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Lackey (uncredited)
Henry Sharp ...
Russian Count (uncredited)
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Frédéric Chopin - Age 10 (uncredited)
Victor Travis ...
Man at Berlin Concert (uncredited)
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Monsieur Chopin (uncredited)
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Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
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Guest at 1st Pleyel Concert (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff ...
Russian Governor (uncredited)
Lucy Von Boden ...
Window Washer (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ...
Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
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Pleyel's Clerk (uncredited)
Katherine Yorke ...
Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)

Directed by

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Charles Vidor

Written by

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Sidney Buchman ... (screenplay)
 
Ernst Marischka ... (story)

Produced by

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Sidney Buchman ... producer
Louis F. Edelman ... producer

Cinematography by

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Allen M. Davey ... director of photography
Tony Gaudio ... director of photography

Editing by

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Charles Nelson

Editorial Department

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Natalie Kalmus ... color director: Technicolor

Art Direction by

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Lionel Banks
Van Nest Polglase

Set Decoration by

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Dorcy Howard ... (as Dorcy W. Howard)
Frank Tuttle

Costume Design by

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Walter Plunkett

Makeup Department

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Clay Campbell ... makeup artist
Helen Hunt ... hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Abby Berlin ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Lodge Cunningham ... sound

Camera and Electrical Department

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Fayte M. Browne ... camera operator
Richard H. Kline ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Ned Scott ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Travis Banton ... gowns: Merle Oberon
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Detlev Lais ... in German version
William Randall ... music recordist
Miklós Rózsa ... music adaptor (as Miklos Rozsa)
Mario Silva ... music supervisor
Morris Stoloff ... musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)
José Iturbi ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Eugene Zador ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Paul Stathes ... stand-in: Cornel Wilde (uncredited)

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Special Effects

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Professor Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. At a recital in a duke's home Chopin insults the new Russian-installed governor, and must flee the country. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland. Written by Ron Kerrigan

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Taglines Unforgettable Love Story of Chopin and George Sand Set Against the Background of Chopin's Glorious Music! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Chopin (United States)
  • La chanson du souvenir (France)
  • Canción inolvidable (Spain)
  • Suuri unelma (Finland)
  • Den stora drömmen (Sweden)
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Runtime
  • 113 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia 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. See more »
Goofs Almost all the pianos in the movie are artcase pianos made after the death of Chopin, the sound we hear is also of modern pianos. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Liberace (1988). See more »
Soundtracks The piano music of Frédéric Chopin is played by José Iturbi See more »
Quotes George Sand: [to Chopin] Discontinue that so-called Polonaise jumble you've been playing for days.
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