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The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Film / 1999

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

Directed by Tony Palmer
HistoryMusicDrama

★ 10.0/10Audience rating

In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government claiming to have some love letters from the composer to her great-grandmother, the Countess Delfina Potocka.

The story

In 1945, the new Polish government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the government claiming to have some love letters from the composer to her great-grandmother, the Countess Delfina Potocka.

Cast

Paul RhysChopin Penelope WiltonDelfina / Paulina John ShrapnelIwaszkiewicz Patricia QuinnGeorge Sand Corin RedgraveJudge Terence RigbySydow Roger HammondSchwabe Ben WaldenTytus Valerii PanarinChopin's Father Cheyenne RaymondSolange John Bird1st Official John Fortune2nd Official
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Peter Woodthorpe3rd Official Vernon DobtcheffArt Gallery Lecturer Michael GoughDoctor Brook WilliamsOld Scottish Lord

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