FULL TCHAIKOVSKY Movie Russia 1970

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Tchaikovsky  
• Composer: Tchaikovsky, Dimitri Tiomkin  
• Libretto: Budimir Metalnikov, Yuri Nagibin, Igor Talankin  
• Venue & Opera Company: Soviet Film Studio  
• Recorded: 1970
• Type: Movie
• Singers:
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: Igor Talankin  
• Stage Designer: Aleksandr Borisov, Yuri Kladiyenko  
• Costume Designer:   
• Lighting Designer: Lyudmila Kusakova  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Mosfilm  
• Date Published: 1970  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, desubs, frsubs, itsubs, essubs, jpsubs, cnsubs, othersubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Tchaikovsky (Russian: Чайковский) is a 1970 Soviet biopic film directed by Igor Talankin. It featured Innokenty Smoktunovsky in the role of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the Academy Award for Original Song Score and Adaptation.

  Plot
  When Tchaikovsky is composing his First Piano Concerto, his friend Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein refuses to play it at the premiere, considering it unplayable. After the disappointment of Swan Lake, Nadezhda Filaretowna von Meck, a wealthy widow, sends him financial support.

  Later, Tchaikovsky embarks on his opera Eugene Onegin, receiving a love letter from student Antonina Ivanovna. His attempt to meet her leads to his brief arrest. He then dedicates his Fourth Symphony to von Meck, who hopes Tchaikovsky’s marriage will bring him peace.

  Struggling with married life, Tchaikovsky attempts suicide. Von Meck intervenes, offering financial aid to secure his divorce. Meanwhile, Rubinstein, after playing the concerto favorably in Paris, dies. Tchaikovsky declines the opportunity to head the Moscow Conservatory.

  Returning to Russia, Tchaikovsky faces criticism for The Maid of Orleans. Von Meck abruptly cuts ties after hosting a party in his honor. Despite attempts to tarnish Tchaikovsky’s reputation, he finds success with Queen of Spades.

  Learning of von Meck’s illness, Tchaikovsky composes his final symphony, Pathétique. He succumbs to cholera shortly after its premiere, marking the end of his prolific career.

  Cast
  Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Antonina Shuranova as Nadezhda von Meck
  Kirill Lavrov as Władysław Pachulski
  Vladislav Strzhelchik as Nikolai Rubinstein
  Yevgeny Leonov as Alyosha
  Maya Plisetskaya as Désirée Artôt
  Bruno Freindlich as Ivan Turgenev
  Alla Demidova as Yulia von Meck
  Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Herman Laroche
  Nina Agapova as a guest
  Maria Vinogradova as a lady calling for the police
  Nikolay Trofimov as chief of police
  Laurence Harvey as Narrator (English version)

  Quoted from Wikipedia

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