Moonlight Sonata

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Moonlight Sonata ★★½ 1938

Professional concert pianist Paderewski performs his way through a confusing soap-opera of a film. Includes performances of Franz Liszt's “Second Hungarian Rhapsody” and Frederic Chopin's “Polonaise.” 80m/B VHS, DVD . GB Ignace Jan Paderewski, Charles Farrell, Marie Tempest, Barbara Greene, Eric Portman; D: Lothar Mendes.