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Bernard Chasan <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:22:58 -0500
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Bernard Chasan wrote:

>I still find myself welcoming it (The Warsaw Concerto) whenever it
>is played on the radio.  It is indeed showy- and yet it has a feeling
>of menace and danger about it as well, appropriate to a WW2 movie.
>The title of the movie, either in England or the USA, was "Suicide
>Squadron", I seem to recall.  Can anybody confirm or debunk that claim?

Well, I confirmed it myself- thee movie was released as "Dangerous
Moonlight", AND as "Suicide Squadron."

The first title refers to the love affair between an American journalist
and a Polish pianist who is the composer of the concerto.  The pianist,
also a pilot, joins a squadron of Polish airmen - and dies fighting the
Germans.

Bernard Chasan

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