The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
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The people behind it
Piotr Adamczyk
Fryderyk Chopin
Danuta Stenka
Georg Sand
Bożena Stachura
Solange
Adam Woronowicz
Maurycy
Sara Müldner
Solange (in childhood)
Jadwiga Barańska
Tekla Justyna Chopin
Jerzy Zelnik
Mikołaj Chopin
Anna Radwan
Ludwika Chopin
Agnieszka Sitek
Izabela Chopin
Janusz Gajos
Konstantin Pavlovich
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