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Unlike the Hollywood biographies of the great composer's life, director Igor Talankin avoids the sentimentality and cliche creating a distinctive clarity and freshness of perspective. Emphasis is placed upon two of Tchaikovsky's important relationships and their impact upon his professional and emotional life. See and hear Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Eugin Onigin and more.
Original Release
08/31/1970
US Release
09/09/1970
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky) |
| Antonina Shuranova | Natalia von Meck |
| Kirill Lavrov | Pahulsky |
| Vladislav Strzhelchik | Nicholas Rubinstein |
| Evgeniy Leonov | Aliosha |
| Maya Plisetskaya | Desire |
| Bruno Frejndlikh | Turgenev |
| Alla Demidova | Yulia von Meck |
| Evgeniy Evstigneev | Laroche |
| Liliya Yudina | Milyukova |
Directors
Writers
Igor Talankin, Budimir Metalnikov, Yuriy Nagibin
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky) |
| Antonina Shuranova | Natalia von Meck |
| Kirill Lavrov | Pahulsky |
| Vladislav Strzhelchik | Nicholas Rubinstein |
| Evgeniy Leonov | Aliosha |
| Maya Plisetskaya | Desire |
| Bruno Frejndlikh | Turgenev |
| Alla Demidova | Yulia von Meck |
| Evgeniy Evstigneev | Laroche |
| Liliya Yudina | Milyukova |
| Nina Agapova | Gostya |
| Laurence Harvey | Narrator |
| Ervin Knausmyuller | Butler |
| Yakov Naishuler | эпизод (нет в титрах) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Dimitri Tiomkin | Executive Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1972 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score | Nominated |
| 1972 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
| 1972 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film | Nominated |
