The Mystery of Chopin - The Strange Case Of Delfina Potocka (Full Film) | Tony Palmer Films

SUBSCRIBE: Watch Valentina Igoshina plays Chopin: MORE Classical Music Films: It was a matter of national and socialist pride when, in November 1945, the new Communist Government of Poland asked for, and received, the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. Against this background, a woman called Paulina Czernika approached the Polish Ministry of Culture claiming to have some love letters from the composer to her great-grandmother, the Countess Delfina Potocka. At first curious, but eventually alarmed, the Ministry began a witch-hunt against Madame Czernika. For while it was true that there was an historical figure called Delfina Potocka - she was the only lover to whom Chopin dedicated any music - these letters were said to be pornographic, anti-Semitic and thoroughly damaging to the image of the composer