Dreams of Love (1947)

movie

Country: France
Genres: Drama
Release: 1954-06-10
Director: Christian Stengel
Writers: René Fauchois , Jean Ferry , Christian Stengel
Language: French
Stars: Pierre Richard-Willm , Mila Parély , Annie Ducaux , Louis Seigner , Jules Berry , Daniel Lecourtois , Jean d’Yd , Guy Decomble , Lise Berthier , Albert Broquin
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Oneiro agapis (Greece) , Rêves d'amour , Rêves d'amour (France, French Republic) , Ljubavni snovi , Dreams of Love (United States of America) , La vie de Liszt (France, French Republic) , Ungersk rapsodi (Sweden) , Rakkauden unelma (Finland) , Love Dreams , A Vida de Liszt (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Rapsodia d'amore (Italy) , Liebesträume (Austria)
Plot: The story follows Franz Liszt from his time as an intense young music teacher in Paris, to his blossoming as a piano virtuoso and his infatuation for the Countess Marie D'Agoult, married and the mother of two young girls. She leaves her children and elderly husband to go into exile with Liszt. For a while---long enough to father three children out of wedlock---the composer is content but desires to get back into the limelight. He leaves their home for a month of concert bookings and never returns, leaving the Countess holding the bag...and three kids. The Paris Conservatory Orchestra plays brief bits of Lizst, Chopin and Shumann and the piano renditions are credited to Nikita Magaloff. Mila Parely, daintly smoking cigars, appears briefly as George Sand, confidante of the two lovers.
IMDB:tt0046933