A Song to Remember

A Song to Remember

As long as the world loves a lover…this romance will live!

NR 1945 · 113 min · ★ 6.5 · Romance, Drama, Music

Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. 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.

Directed by Charles Vidor · Written by Sidney Buchman

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