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12 February 1971 (France)
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The compelling and bizarre story of Tchaikovsky's life and music. In Ken Russell's own words: "It's...
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A Visceral Punch
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Chamberlain | ... | Tchaikovsky | |
| Glenda Jackson | ... | Nina (Antonina Milyukova) | |
| Max Adrian | ... | Nicholas Rubinstein | |
| Christopher Gable | ... | Count Anton Chiluvsky | |
| Kenneth Colley | ... | Modeste Tchaikovsky | |
| Izabella Telezynska | ... | Madame Nadedja von Meck | |
| Maureen Pryor | ... | Nina's Mother | |
| Sabina Maydelle | ... | Sasha Tchaikovsky | |
| Andrew Faulds | ... | Davidov | |
| Bruce Robinson | ... | Alexei Sofronov | |
| Ben Aris | ... | Young Lieutenant | |
| Xavier Russell | ... | Koyola | |
| Dennis Myers | ... | Von Meck, twin | |
| John Myers | ... | Von Meck, twin | |
| Joanne Brown | ... | Olga Bredska |
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Ken Russell's Film on Tchaikovsky and the Music Lovers
Opus 74 (UK) (working title)
The Lonely Heart (UK) (working title)
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Opus 74 (UK) (working title)
The Lonely Heart (UK) (working title)
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UK:123 min
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UK:18 (video rating) |
UK:X (original rating) |
Iceland:16 |
Argentina:16 |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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The extras playing (miming) the orchestra in the scene featuring Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky playing the 1st Piano Concerto were mostly from the Bristol University Music Department Orchestra. They were paid 7 guineas a day (£7 and 7 shillings) each - the extras in the audience were only on 5 guineas. The scene was filmed in the Music Room of Bath Spa.
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Quotes:
[in insane asylum]
Antonina Milyukova: My husband's a most famous man. I'm Madame Tchaikovsky from Moscow. My husband, he really did love me! Oh, Peter, my love...
[pauses, expression changes]
Antonina Milyukova: He hated me. He hated me!
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Antonina Milyukova: My husband's a most famous man. I'm Madame Tchaikovsky from Moscow. My husband, he really did love me! Oh, Peter, my love...
[pauses, expression changes]
Antonina Milyukova: He hated me. He hated me!
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Referenced in "Remington Steele: Steele in Circulation (#1.22)" (1983)
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STRING QUARTET No. 3
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"Music Lovers" has long been labored over as another of Ken Russell extravagant excess baggages. Seeing it again has made me realize that the film is rather brilliant--not in cinema style but in conception. From the very start it seems to capture the schizoid world of Tsaichovsky and the social milleau he was forced to grip with. The point of view shots and the subsequent dream sequences in the early portion of the film capture this in brilliant colors and sharp editing. As the musician falls into his double life the scnes build to the scarring climax. Performances are excellent. The film may not be totally accurate, but who cares?