The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka or The Mystery of Chopin (1999)

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Country: UK
Genres: Drama
Release:
Director: Tony Palmer
Writers: N/A
Language: English
Stars: Paul Rhys , Penelope Wilton , Penelope Wilton , Valentina Igoshina , Elizabeth McGorian , John Shrapnel , Patricia Quinn , Corin Redgrave (1939–2010) , Terence Rigby , Terence Rigby , John Bird , John Fortune
Runtime: 109 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin (United Kingdom) , Chopins Geheimnis - Der seltsame Fall der Delfina Potocka (Germany) , The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin (United States of America) , The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka: The Mystery of Chopin
Plot: Warsaw, 1945. The invading Nazis are gone and, in a symbolic gesture, the preserved heart of Polish composer and national hero Frédéric Chopin is returned. Under German rule, even the mention of Chopin was forbidden; now, as the war-battered nation reassembles itself, author Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz recommences work on his biography of the great man. A strange woman contacts him, carrying revelatory letters that she claims the composer wrote her great-grandmother, his lover. But is the woman a fraud? Are the letters forgeries? And since they show Chopin in a less than flattering light, would Poland prefer to suppress them?
IMDB:tt0324084